Crime Statistics for Easington Lane, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

There were a total of 77 street level crime incidents in Easington Lane 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 Easington Lane, 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	21
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Anti Social Behaviour	16
Other Crime	6
Vehicle Crime	6
Public Order	5
Burglary	3
Drugs	2
Shoplifting	2
All Crime	77

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 Easington Lane. 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 Easington Lane

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hetton-Le-Hole (0.88 miles)	119
Hetton Downs (1.39 miles)	111
Greenhill (1.96 miles)	90
Great Eppleton (1.24 miles)	84
Easington Lane	77
Rainton Bridge (1.75 miles)	72
South Hetton (0.88 miles)	50
Hetton-le-Hill (0.88 miles)	27
High Haswell (1.86 miles)	4
High Moorsley (1.96 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Easington Lane?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hetton Downs	37
Hetton-Le-Hole	36
Greenhill	35
Rainton Bridge	35
Great Eppleton	29
Easington Lane	21
South Hetton	13
Hetton-le-Hill	3
High Haswell	2
High Moorsley	1

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

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 Easington Lane 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 Easington Lane compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Easington Lane and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Easington Lane is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Trimdon and Thornley	86
2	Shotton and South Hetton	84
3	Easington	81
4	Murton	81
5	Hetton	71
6	Sherburn	70
7	Houghton	67
8	Copt Hill	67
9	Deneside	60
10	Belmont	48
11	Seaham	41

Which road in Easington Lane has the highest level of crime?

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