Crime Statistics for Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

There were a total of 747 street level crime incidents in Monkwearmouth in July 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Monkwearmouth, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime181
Shoplifting134
Anti Social Behaviour133
Public Order70
Criminal Damage Arson48
Other Theft44
Burglary41
Vehicle Crime33
Drugs20
Other Crime17
Bicycle Theft10
Robbery6
Possession Of Weapons5
Theft From The Person5
All Crime747

Map of street level crime incidents in July 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ayres Quay (0.62 miles)781
Monkwearmouth693
Bishopwearmouth (1.24 miles)690
Millfield (0.88 miles)638
Pallion (1.39 miles)416
Fulwell (0.62 miles)323
Southwick (1.24 miles)309
Marley Pots (1.39 miles)262
Carley Hill (0.88 miles)205
South Bents (1.39 miles)156

5.95%
of St Peter's (Sunderland) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Monkwearmouth?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Ayres Quay186
Monkwearmouth181
Bishopwearmouth177
Millfield167
Pallion128
Southwick123
Marley Pots87
Fulwell71
Carley Hill53
South Bents40

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

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 Monkwearmouth 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 Monkwearmouth compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Monkwearmouth and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Monkwearmouth is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Hendon92
2Millfield91
3Southwick77
4Pallion76
5St Michael's75
6St Anne's72
7Barnes71
8Castle63
9St Peter's62
10Silksworth60
11Fulwell39

Which road in Monkwearmouth has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: July 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0



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