Crime Statistics for Ayres Quay, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ayres Quay in October 2024. There were a total of 767 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ayres Quay, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	220
Anti Social Behaviour	130
Shoplifting	100
Public Order	58
Vehicle Crime	57
Burglary	45
Other Theft	45
Criminal Damage Arson	41
Drugs	28
Other Crime	16
Robbery	9
Bicycle Theft	7
Theft From The Person	6
Possession Of Weapons	5
All Crime	767

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Ayres Quay. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Ayres Quay

We've taken the ten nearest places to Ayres Quay and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Ayres Quay has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Monkwearmouth (0.62 miles)	1094
Ayres Quay	767
Bishopwearmouth (0.62 miles)	726
Millfield (0.62 miles)	611
Marley Pots (1.75 miles)	386
Pallion (1.24 miles)	355
Southwick (1.39 miles)	315
Hendon (1.39 miles)	265
Fulwell (1.24 miles)	214
Carley Hill (1.39 miles)	192

Where are the most violent places near Ayres Quay?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Ayres Quay and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Monkwearmouth	344
Ayres Quay	220
Bishopwearmouth	207
Millfield	166
Fulwell	120
Marley Pots	115
Hendon	92
Pallion	87
Southwick	86
Carley Hill	65

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Ayres Quay?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Ayres Quay to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Ayres Quay compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ayres Quay and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Ayres Quay is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hendon	92
2	Millfield	91
3	Southwick	77
4	Pallion	76
5	St Michael's	75
6	St Anne's	72
7	Barnes	71
8	Castle	63
9	St Peter's	62
10	Silksworth	60
11	Fulwell	39

Which road in Ayres Quay has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Ayres Quay with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around St. Mary's Boulevard.