Crime Statistics for Downhill, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

There were a total of 179 street level crime incidents in Downhill 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 Downhill, 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	54
Criminal Damage Arson	37
Anti Social Behaviour	29
Burglary	11
Shoplifting	11
Other Theft	11
Vehicle Crime	7
Other Crime	6
Public Order	5
Drugs	3
Robbery	3
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	179

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 Downhill. 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 Downhill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Millfield (2.24 miles)	611
Pallion (1.75 miles)	334
Southwick (1.39 miles)	308
Marley Pots (1.24 miles)	247
Carley Hill (1.86 miles)	200
Downhill	179
Castletown (0.62 miles)	157
South Hylton (1.86 miles)	149
Boldon Colliery (1.39 miles)	124
North Hylton (1.39 miles)	33

Where are the most violent places near Downhill?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Downhill 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
Boldon Colliery	53
North Hylton	11

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

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 Downhill 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 Downhill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Downhill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Downhill have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Fulwell.

#	Ward	Score
1	Redhill	84
2	Southwick	77
3	Pallion	76
4	St Anne's	72
5	Barnes	71
6	Castle	63
7	St Peter's	62
8	Boldon Colliery	61
9	Washington North	57
10	Fellgate and Hedworth	55
11	Fulwell	39

Which road in Downhill has the highest level of crime?

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