Crime Statistics for Washington, Sunderland, 2024

There were a total of 233 street level crime incidents in Washington 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 Washington, 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	79
Anti Social Behaviour	45
Shoplifting	30
Criminal Damage Arson	27
Other Theft	13
Public Order	11
Drugs	8
Burglary	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Bicycle Theft	2
Other Crime	2
Theft From The Person	2
Robbery	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	233

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 Washington. 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 Washington

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Concord (0.62 miles)	270
Washington Village (0.88 miles)	258
Washington	233
Blackfell (1.39 miles)	233
Albany (1.24 miles)	217
Barmston (0.62 miles)	212
Biddick (1.39 miles)	204
Lambton (1.75 miles)	178
Donwell (1.39 miles)	113
Columbia (1.24 miles)	107

Where are the most violent places near Washington?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Concord	87
Washington	79
Washington Village	77
Blackfell	63
Barmston	63
Albany	61
Biddick	54
Lambton	46
Donwell	42
Columbia	33

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

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 Washington 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 Washington compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Washington and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Washington is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Windy Nook and Whitehills	81
2	St Anne's	72
3	Lamesley	64
4	Birtley	63
5	Castle	63
6	Washington North	57
7	Wardley and Leam Lane	50
8	Washington Central	42
9	Washington East	41
10	Washington West	40
11	Washington South	32

Which road in Washington has the highest level of crime?

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