Crime Statistics for Fulwell, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

There were a total of 272 street level crime incidents in Fulwell in February 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 Fulwell, 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	109
Anti Social Behaviour	36
Criminal Damage Arson	36
Shoplifting	18
Public Order	18
Bicycle Theft	9
Other Crime	8
Other Theft	8
Vehicle Crime	8
Burglary	7
Drugs	5
Possession Of Weapons	5
Robbery	4
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	272

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 Fulwell. 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 Fulwell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ayres Quay (1.24 miles)	738
Bishopwearmouth (1.86 miles)	689
Monkwearmouth (0.62 miles)	591
Millfield (1.39 miles)	521
Southwick (1.39 miles)	321
Pallion (1.75 miles)	300
Fulwell	272
Marley Pots (1.24 miles)	262
Carley Hill (0.62 miles)	200
South Bents (0.88 miles)	116

Where are the most violent places near Fulwell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ayres Quay	244
Bishopwearmouth	232
Monkwearmouth	194
Millfield	183
Southwick	128
Pallion	114
Fulwell	109
Marley Pots	103
Carley Hill	87
South Bents	38

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

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 Fulwell 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 Fulwell compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Hendon	92
2	Millfield	91
3	Redhill	84
4	Southwick	77
5	Pallion	76
6	St Anne's	72
7	Barnes	71
8	Castle	63
9	St Peter's	62
10	Fulwell	39
11	Cleadon and East Boldon	36

Which road in Fulwell has the highest level of crime?

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