Crime Statistics for Castletown, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

There were a total of 157 street level crime incidents in Castletown in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Castletown, 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	55
Criminal Damage Arson	31
Anti Social Behaviour	25
Shoplifting	11
Burglary	7
Other Theft	7
Public Order	6
Vehicle Crime	6
Drugs	4
Other Crime	3
Robbery	2
All Crime	157

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 Castletown. 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 Castletown

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Millfield (1.96 miles)	611
Pallion (1.39 miles)	334
Southwick (1.24 miles)	308
Marley Pots (1.39 miles)	247
Carley Hill (1.96 miles)	200
Downhill (0.62 miles)	179
Castletown	157
South Hylton (1.24 miles)	149
Pennywell (1.86 miles)	112
North Hylton (0.88 miles)	33

Where are the most violent places near Castletown?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Millfield	210
Southwick	129
Pallion	122
Carley Hill	87
Marley Pots	86
South Hylton	63
Castletown	55
Downhill	54
Pennywell	51
North Hylton	11

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

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 Castletown 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 Castletown compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Castletown and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Castletown is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Redhill	84
2	Southwick	77
3	Pallion	76
4	Sandhill	75
5	St Anne's	72
6	Barnes	71
7	Castle	63
8	Boldon Colliery	61
9	Washington North	57
10	St Chad's	56
11	Fulwell	39

Which road in Castletown has the highest level of crime?

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