Crime Statistics for Burnside, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

Crime statistics for Burnside, Sunderland

There were a total of 157 street level crime incidents in Burnside in January 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 Burnside, 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 Crime41
Shoplifting24
Anti Social Behaviour23
Criminal Damage Arson20
Vehicle Crime11
Other Theft11
Burglary10
Other Crime4
Public Order4
Possession Of Weapons3
Robbery3
Drugs1
Theft From The Person1
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime157

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Burnside. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Burnside

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Newbottle (0.62 miles)171
Burnside157
Grasswell157
Fence Houses (0.62 miles)98
New Herrington (1.24 miles)89
Stony Gate (1.39 miles)66
High Dubmire (0.88 miles)54
Chilton Moor (0.88 miles)54
Colliery Row (0.88 miles)54
Bournmoor (1.39 miles)34

2.38%
of Houghton residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Burnside?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Newbottle47
Burnside41
Grasswell41
New Herrington30
Fence Houses27
Stony Gate18
High Dubmire10
Chilton Moor10
Colliery Row10
Bournmoor9

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

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 Burnside 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 Burnside compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Burnside and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Burnside is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Chester-le-Street West Central76
2Sandhill75
3Hetton71
4Sherburn70
5Shiney Row70
6Houghton67
7Copt Hill67
8St Chad's56
9Chester-le-Street East52
10Lumley47
11Washington East41

Which road in Burnside has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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