Crime Statistics for Donwell, Washington, Sunderland, 2024

There were a total of 139 street level crime incidents in Donwell 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	28
Violent Crime	25
Shoplifting	24
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Vehicle Crime	16
Other Theft	11
Burglary	8
Public Order	8
Drugs	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	139

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 Donwell. 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 Donwell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Concord (0.88 miles)	309
Washington Village (1.39 miles)	258
Washington (1.39 miles)	233
Barmston (1.75 miles)	230
Beacon Lough (1.39 miles)	216
Blackfell (1.24 miles)	206
Albany (0.62 miles)	202
Donwell	139
Springwell (0.62 miles)	128
Birtley (1.75 miles)	88

Where are the most violent places near Donwell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Washington	79
Washington Village	77
Beacon Lough	75
Concord	63
Barmston	59
Springwell	48
Blackfell	43
Albany	37
Birtley	36
Donwell	25

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

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 Donwell 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 Donwell compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Windy Nook and Whitehills	81
2	High Fell	77
3	Chowdene	68
4	Pelton	66
5	Lamesley	64
6	Birtley	63
7	Low Fell	57
8	Wardley and Leam Lane	50
9	Washington Central	42
10	Washington West	40
11	Washington South	32

Which road in Donwell has the highest level of crime?

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