Crime Statistics for Fatfield, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

Crime statistics for Fatfield, Sunderland

There were a total of 73 street level crime incidents in Fatfield in January 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 Fatfield, 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 Crime29
Anti Social Behaviour19
Criminal Damage Arson6
Burglary5
Public Order5
Other Theft3
Vehicle Crime2
Drugs2
Other Crime1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime73

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 Fatfield. 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 Fatfield

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Barmston (1.39 miles)236
Washington Village (1.24 miles)232
Biddick (0.62 miles)202
Blackfell (1.39 miles)201
Lambton (0.88 miles)159
Columbia (0.88 miles)128
Portobello (1.39 miles)105
Ayton (1.39 miles)105
Fatfield73
Harraton (0.62 miles)68

2.7%
of Washington Central residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Fatfield?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Barmston82
Washington Village81
Biddick70
Blackfell62
Lambton52
Columbia45
Portobello42
Ayton42
Fatfield29
Harraton27

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

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 Fatfield 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 Fatfield compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Chester-le-Street West Central76
2Shiney Row70
3Pelton66
4Birtley63
5Chester-le-Street East52
6Lumley47
7Washington Central42
8Washington East41
9Washington West40
10Washington South32
11North Lodge30

Which road in Fatfield has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Fatfield 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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