Crime Statistics for Lambton, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Lambton in October 2024. There were a total of 254 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 Lambton, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime78
Anti Social Behaviour54
Public Order30
Vehicle Crime20
Shoplifting20
Criminal Damage Arson18
Burglary14
Other Crime12
Other Theft6
Drugs2
All Crime254

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 Lambton. 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 Lambton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Washington Village (0.88 miles)221
Lambton213
Albany (1.24 miles)208
Blackfell (0.62 miles)188
Biddick (0.62 miles)164
Portobello (0.62 miles)143
Ayton (0.62 miles)143
Columbia (1.24 miles)106
Fatfield (0.88 miles)78
Harraton (0.62 miles)53

2.7%
of Washington Central residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lambton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Washington Village85
Lambton78
Albany64
Blackfell60
Biddick56
Columbia45
Portobello40
Ayton40
Fatfield37
Harraton22

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

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 Lambton 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 Lambton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lambton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Lambton is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Chester-le-Street West Central76
2Pelton66
3Lamesley64
4Birtley63
5Chester-le-Street East52
6Chester-le-Street North50
7Washington Central42
8Washington East41
9Washington West40
10Washington South32
11North Lodge30

Which road in Lambton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Lambton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Fatfield Road.

Last updated: October 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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