Crime Statistics for Washington, Sunderland, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Washington in September 2024. There were a total of 290 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, 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	76
Anti Social Behaviour	62
Criminal Damage Arson	35
Vehicle Crime	23
Burglary	20
Public Order	20
Other Theft	20
Shoplifting	19
Drugs	5
Other Crime	5
Possession Of Weapons	2
Bicycle Theft	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	290

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. 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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Albany (1.24 miles)	302
Washington	290
Concord (0.62 miles)	267
Barmston (0.62 miles)	207
Washington Village (0.88 miles)	199
Blackfell (1.39 miles)	194
Columbia (1.24 miles)	153
Biddick (1.39 miles)	136
Donwell (1.39 miles)	117
Lambton (1.75 miles)	105

Where are the most violent places near Washington?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Washington 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
Donwell	30

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

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 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 compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Washington and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Washington is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Windy Nook and Whitehills	81
2	St Anne's	72
3	Lamesley	64
4	Birtley	63
5	Castle	63
6	Washington North	57
7	Wardley and Leam Lane	50
8	Washington Central	42
9	Washington East	41
10	Washington West	40
11	Washington South	32

Which road in Washington has the highest level of crime?

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