Houghton and Sunderland South

England · E14001295

8,685 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, falling versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
8,685
Most common
Violence & sexual offences falling
2,959 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

1,031/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesfalling2,95934.1%
Anti-social behaviourfalling1,62718.7%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling94210.8%
Shopliftingfalling7268.4%
Public orderfalling5896.8%
Burglaryfalling4345.0%
Other crimerising3964.6%
Other theftfalling3684.2%
Vehicle crimefalling2933.4%
Drugsfalling1661.9%
Robberyrising810.9%
Possession of weaponsfalling640.7%
Theft from the personrising270.3%
Bicycle theftfalling130.1%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.