Crime Statistics for Albany, Washington, Sunderland, 2024

There were a total of 217 street level crime incidents in Albany 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 Albany, 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	61
Anti Social Behaviour	53
Criminal Damage Arson	31
Shoplifting	29
Other Theft	13
Public Order	10
Vehicle Crime	5
Other Crime	5
Possession Of Weapons	3
Burglary	3
Bicycle Theft	1
Theft From The Person	1
Drugs	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	217

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 Albany. 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 Albany

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Washington (1.24 miles)	305
Concord (0.62 miles)	287
Barmston (1.39 miles)	236
Washington Village (0.88 miles)	232
Albany	217
Blackfell (0.62 miles)	201
Lambton (1.24 miles)	159
Donwell (0.62 miles)	105
Springwell (0.88 miles)	101
Birtley (1.39 miles)	83

Where are the most violent places near Albany?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Washington	104
Concord	93
Barmston	82
Washington Village	81
Blackfell	62
Albany	61
Lambton	52
Springwell	32
Donwell	30
Birtley	30

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

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 Albany 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 Albany compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	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	Washington Central	42
8	Washington East	41
9	Washington West	40
10	Washington South	32
11	North Lodge	30

Which road in Albany has the highest level of crime?

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