Crime Statistics for Rainton Bridge, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Rainton Bridge in October 2024. There were a total of 153 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 Rainton Bridge, 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 Crime46
Anti Social Behaviour24
Burglary22
Criminal Damage Arson22
Other Crime8
Other Theft8
Public Order7
Vehicle Crime6
Drugs4
Possession Of Weapons4
Shoplifting2
All Crime153

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 Rainton Bridge. 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 Rainton Bridge

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Burnside (1.39 miles)207
Grasswell (1.39 miles)150
Rainton Bridge144
Hetton-Le-Hole (0.88 miles)142
Hetton Downs (0.62 miles)93
Great Eppleton (1.24 miles)68
High Dubmire (1.39 miles)40
Chilton Moor (1.39 miles)40
Colliery Row (1.39 miles)40
Rainton Gate (1.75 miles)32

2.59%
of Hetton residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Rainton Bridge?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Burnside86
Hetton-Le-Hole55
Grasswell53
Rainton Bridge46
Hetton Downs30
Great Eppleton26
High Dubmire17
Chilton Moor16
Colliery Row16
Rainton Gate12

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

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 Rainton Bridge 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 Rainton Bridge compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Rainton Bridge and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Rainton Bridge is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Shotton and South Hetton84
2Murton81
3Sandhill75
4Hetton71
5Sherburn70
6Shiney Row70
7Houghton67
8Copt Hill67
9Belmont48
10Lumley47
11Washington East41

Which road in Rainton Bridge has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: October 2024
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