Crime Statistics for Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Monkwearmouth in October 2024. There were a total of 1153 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	344
Anti Social Behaviour	177
Shoplifting	128
Public Order	90
Vehicle Crime	86
Other Theft	82
Burglary	70
Criminal Damage Arson	60
Drugs	44
Other Crime	37
Bicycle Theft	15
Robbery	12
Possession Of Weapons	4
Theft From The Person	4
All Crime	1153

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 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	1094
Ayres Quay (0.62 miles)	767
Bishopwearmouth (1.24 miles)	726
Millfield (0.88 miles)	611
Marley Pots (1.39 miles)	386
Pallion (1.39 miles)	355
Southwick (1.24 miles)	315
Fulwell (0.62 miles)	214
Carley Hill (0.88 miles)	192
South Bents (1.39 miles)	109

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	344
Ayres Quay	220
Bishopwearmouth	207
Millfield	166
Fulwell	120
Marley Pots	115
Pallion	87
Southwick	86
Carley Hill	65
South Bents	33

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 Ellesmere Terrace.