Crime Statistics for Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Monkwearmouth in August 2024. There were a total of 779 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 Monkwearmouth, 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	236
Anti Social Behaviour	124
Criminal Damage Arson	78
Shoplifting	62
Burglary	60
Public Order	57
Other Theft	51
Vehicle Crime	36
Drugs	22
Other Crime	18
Possession Of Weapons	10
Theft From The Person	9
Bicycle Theft	8
Robbery	8
All Crime	779

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Monkwearmouth. 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 Monkwearmouth

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Monkwearmouth	779
Ayres Quay (0.62 miles)	754
Millfield (0.88 miles)	704
Bishopwearmouth (1.24 miles)	679
Marley Pots (1.39 miles)	395
Carley Hill (0.88 miles)	384
Southwick (1.24 miles)	352
Pallion (1.39 miles)	345
Fulwell (0.62 miles)	322
South Bents (1.39 miles)	273

Where are the most violent places near Monkwearmouth?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Monkwearmouth	236
Ayres Quay	234
Millfield	217
Bishopwearmouth	204
Pallion	188
Marley Pots	157
Carley Hill	131
Southwick	115
Fulwell	90
South Bents	67

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

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 Monkwearmouth 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 Monkwearmouth compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Monkwearmouth and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Monkwearmouth is ranked #9.

#	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 Monkwearmouth has the highest level of crime?

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