Crime Statistics for Columbia, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

There were a total of 112 street level crime incidents in Columbia in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	36
Violent Crime	35
Vehicle Crime	16
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Public Order	5
Other Crime	3
Drugs	3
Possession Of Weapons	3
Burglary	2
Other Theft	2
All Crime	112

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Columbia. 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 Columbia

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Concord (1.39 miles)	309
Washington Village (0.88 miles)	258
Washington (1.24 miles)	233
Barmston (0.62 miles)	230
Blackfell (1.39 miles)	206
Biddick (0.62 miles)	171
Lambton (1.24 miles)	149
Columbia	112
Harraton (1.39 miles)	51
Fatfield (0.88 miles)	45

Where are the most violent places near Columbia?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Washington	79
Washington Village	77
Concord	63
Barmston	59
Biddick	51
Blackfell	43
Lambton	37
Columbia	35
Fatfield	21
Harraton	16

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

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 Columbia 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 Columbia compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	St Anne's	72
2	Shiney Row	70
3	Pelton	66
4	Lamesley	64
5	Birtley	63
6	Lumley	47
7	Washington Central	42
8	Washington East	41
9	Washington West	40
10	Washington South	32
11	North Lodge	30

Which road in Columbia has the highest level of crime?

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