Crime Statistics for Tunstall, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Tunstall in September 2024. There were a total of 288 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 Tunstall, 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	99
Anti Social Behaviour	45
Shoplifting	41
Other Theft	32
Criminal Damage Arson	30
Public Order	12
Other Crime	8
Burglary	6
Drugs	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Robbery	4
All Crime	288

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 Tunstall. 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 Tunstall

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Tunstall	270
Hendon (1.75 miles)	256
Springwell (1.75 miles)	248
Farringdon (1.24 miles)	221
Ryhope Colliery (1.24 miles)	217
New Silksworth (0.62 miles)	206
Grangetown (1.39 miles)	171
Ryhope (1.39 miles)	96
Doxford Park (0.88 miles)	85
Burdon (1.24 miles)	22

Where are the most violent places near Tunstall?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Springwell	151
Ryhope Colliery	123
Tunstall	99
Farringdon	89
Hendon	88
Grangetown	87
New Silksworth	71
Ryhope	54
Doxford Park	20
Burdon	3

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

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 Tunstall 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 Tunstall compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Tunstall and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Tunstall have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Hendon.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hendon	92
2	Millfield	91
3	Pallion	76
4	Sandhill	75
5	St Michael's	75
6	St Anne's	72
7	Barnes	71
8	Ryhope	66
9	Silksworth	60
10	St Chad's	56
11	Doxford	32

Which road in Tunstall has the highest level of crime?

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