Crime Statistics for Southwick, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

Is Southwick rough? This is our street level crime rate statistics overview for November 2024. There were a total of 527 incidents. 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 Southwick, 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 Crime192
Anti Social Behaviour78
Public Order48
Shoplifting42
Burglary40
Criminal Damage Arson38
Other Theft28
Other Crime18
Drugs16
Vehicle Crime16
Robbery5
Possession Of Weapons4
Theft From The Person2
All Crime527

Map of street level crime incidents in November 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Southwick. 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 Southwick

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Millfield (0.88 miles)835
Ayres Quay (1.39 miles)758
Pallion (0.62 miles)689
Monkwearmouth (1.24 miles)668
Southwick505
Fulwell (1.39 miles)322
Marley Pots (0.62 miles)279
Carley Hill (0.88 miles)246
Downhill (1.39 miles)234
Castletown (1.24 miles)169

4.26%
of Southwick (Sunderland) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Southwick?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Millfield305
Ayres Quay212
Monkwearmouth194
Southwick192
Pallion169
Fulwell91
Marley Pots81
Carley Hill73
Downhill67
Castletown53

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

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 Southwick 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 Southwick compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Hendon92
2Millfield91
3Redhill84
4Southwick77
5Pallion76
6St Anne's72
7Barnes71
8Castle63
9St Peter's62
10St Chad's56
11Fulwell39

Which road in Southwick has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: November 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0

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