Crime Statistics for Pennywell, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

There were a total of 112 street level crime incidents in Pennywell 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 Pennywell, 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	51
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Other Crime	7
Burglary	4
Vehicle Crime	3
Shoplifting	3
Public Order	3
Drugs	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Other Theft	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	112

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 Pennywell. 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 Pennywell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Pallion (1.75 miles)	334
Springwell (0.62 miles)	232
New Silksworth (1.75 miles)	166
Castletown (1.86 miles)	157
South Hylton (0.62 miles)	149
Pennywell	112
Farringdon (1.39 miles)	110
Hasting Hill (0.62 miles)	87
North Hylton (1.39 miles)	33
Offerton (0.62 miles)	31

Where are the most violent places near Pennywell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Pallion	122
Springwell	96
New Silksworth	71
South Hylton	63
Castletown	55
Pennywell	51
Farringdon	44
Hasting Hill	33
Offerton	14
North Hylton	11

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

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 Pennywell 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 Pennywell compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Redhill	84
2	Southwick	77
3	Pallion	76
4	Sandhill	75
5	St Anne's	72
6	Barnes	71
7	Shiney Row	70
8	Castle	63
9	Silksworth	60
10	St Chad's	56
11	Washington East	41

Which road in Pennywell has the highest level of crime?

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