Crime Statistics for Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Monkwearmouth in September 2024. There were a total of 691 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime222
Anti Social Behaviour110
Shoplifting80
Criminal Damage Arson60
Public Order46
Burglary42
Other Theft37
Drugs29
Vehicle Crime24
Other Crime13
Robbery10
Bicycle Theft8
Theft From The Person6
Possession Of Weapons4
All Crime691

Map of street level crime incidents in September 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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Ayres Quay (0.62 miles)754
Monkwearmouth691
Pallion (1.39 miles)685
Bishopwearmouth (1.24 miles)679
Millfield (0.88 miles)609
Marley Pots (1.39 miles)477
Carley Hill (0.88 miles)384
Southwick (1.24 miles)312
Fulwell (0.62 miles)273
South Bents (1.39 miles)144

5.95%
of St Peter's (Sunderland) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Ayres Quay234
Monkwearmouth222
Bishopwearmouth204
Millfield186
Marley Pots149
Pallion146
Carley Hill131
Fulwell128
Southwick102
South Bents33

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.

#WardScore
1Hendon92
2Millfield91
3Southwick77
4Pallion76
5St Michael's75
6St Anne's72
7Barnes71
8Castle63
9St Peter's62
10Silksworth60
11Fulwell39

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.

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