Crime Statistics for Washington Village, Washington, Sunderland, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Washington Village in September 2024. There were a total of 199 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 Washington Village, 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	63
Anti Social Behaviour	49
Shoplifting	16
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Public Order	15
Burglary	11
Vehicle Crime	9
Other Theft	8
Other Crime	6
Theft From The Person	2
Robbery	2
Drugs	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	199

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 Washington Village. 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 Washington Village

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Albany (0.88 miles)	302
Washington (0.88 miles)	290
Concord (0.62 miles)	267
Barmston (0.62 miles)	207
Washington Village	199
Blackfell (0.62 miles)	194
Columbia (0.88 miles)	153
Biddick (0.62 miles)	136
Lambton (0.88 miles)	105
Fatfield (1.24 miles)	72

Where are the most violent places near Washington Village?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Albany	95
Washington	76
Concord	76
Blackfell	72
Barmston	67
Washington Village	63
Columbia	51
Biddick	44
Lambton	35
Fatfield	24

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

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 Washington Village 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 Washington Village compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Washington Village and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Washington Village is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Windy Nook and Whitehills	81
2	Shiney Row	70
3	Pelton	66
4	Lamesley	64
5	Birtley	63
6	Washington North	57
7	Washington Central	42
8	Washington East	41
9	Washington West	40
10	Washington South	32
11	North Lodge	30

Which road in Washington Village has the highest level of crime?

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