Crime Statistics for Lambton, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

There were a total of 178 street level crime incidents in Lambton 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 Lambton, 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	46
Anti Social Behaviour	36
Criminal Damage Arson	35
Shoplifting	16
Vehicle Crime	10
Other Theft	10
Public Order	9
Bicycle Theft	5
Other Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Drugs	1
Burglary	1
Robbery	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	178

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 Lambton. 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 Lambton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Washington Village (0.88 miles)	258
Blackfell (0.62 miles)	233
Albany (1.24 miles)	217
Biddick (0.62 miles)	204
Lambton	178
Columbia (1.24 miles)	107
Portobello (0.62 miles)	100
Ayton (0.62 miles)	100
Fatfield (0.88 miles)	70
Harraton (0.62 miles)	58

Where are the most violent places near Lambton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Washington Village	77
Blackfell	63
Albany	61
Biddick	54
Lambton	46
Portobello	36
Ayton	36
Columbia	33
Fatfield	18
Harraton	15

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

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 Lambton 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 Lambton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Chester-le-Street West Central	76
2	Pelton	66
3	Lamesley	64
4	Birtley	63
5	Chester-le-Street East	52
6	Chester-le-Street North	50
7	Washington Central	42
8	Washington East	41
9	Washington West	40
10	Washington South	32
11	North Lodge	30

Which road in Lambton has the highest level of crime?

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