Crime Statistics for Colliery Row, Sunderland, Durham, 2024

There were a total of 41 street level crime incidents in Colliery Row in February 2024. 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 Colliery Row, 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	14
Anti Social Behaviour	10
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Shoplifting	3
Public Order	2
Drugs	2
Other Crime	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Other Theft	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	41

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Burnside (0.88 miles)	134
Grasswell (0.88 miles)	134
Newbottle (1.39 miles)	131
Rainton Bridge (1.39 miles)	108
Fence Houses (0.62 miles)	73
High Dubmire	41
Chilton Moor	41
Colliery Row	41
Bournmoor (1.39 miles)	30
Great Lumley (1.86 miles)	10

Where are the most violent places near Colliery Row?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Newbottle	41
Burnside	40
Grasswell	40
Rainton Bridge	39
Fence Houses	30
High Dubmire	14
Chilton Moor	14
Colliery Row	14
Bournmoor	14
Great Lumley	3

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

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 Colliery Row 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 Colliery Row compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Colliery Row and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Colliery Row is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Chester-le-Street West Central	76
2	Sacriston	72
3	Hetton	71
4	Sherburn	70
5	Shiney Row	70
6	Houghton	67
7	Copt Hill	67
8	Chester-le-Street East	52
9	Lumley	47
10	Washington East	41
11	Chester-le-Street South	31

Which road in Colliery Row has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Colliery Row with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Four Lane Ends.