Crime Statistics for Grasswell, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

There were a total of 134 street level crime incidents in Grasswell 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 Grasswell, 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	40
Anti Social Behaviour	25
Shoplifting	25
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Public Order	6
Vehicle Crime	6
Drugs	5
Other Crime	4
Burglary	2
Bicycle Theft	2
Other Theft	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	134

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 Grasswell. 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 Grasswell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Burnside	134
Grasswell	134
Newbottle (0.62 miles)	131
New Herrington (1.24 miles)	86
Stony Gate (1.39 miles)	76
Fence Houses (0.62 miles)	73
High Dubmire (0.88 miles)	41
Chilton Moor (0.88 miles)	41
Colliery Row (0.88 miles)	41
Bournmoor (1.39 miles)	30

Where are the most violent places near Grasswell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Newbottle	41
Burnside	40
Grasswell	40
New Herrington	31
Fence Houses	30
Stony Gate	16
High Dubmire	14
Chilton Moor	14
Colliery Row	14
Bournmoor	14

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

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 Grasswell 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 Grasswell compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Grasswell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Grasswell is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Chester-le-Street West Central	76
2	Sandhill	75
3	Hetton	71
4	Sherburn	70
5	Shiney Row	70
6	Houghton	67
7	Copt Hill	67
8	St Chad's	56
9	Chester-le-Street East	52
10	Lumley	47
11	Washington East	41

Which road in Grasswell has the highest level of crime?

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