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Vehicle crime in Sunderland

12 months to June 2026

3.9per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,107 vehicle crime offences in Sunderland in the 12 months to June 2026, down 31.6% (512) on the previous 12 months. That is 3.9 per 1,000 residents against 5.0 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Vehicle crime
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 287,070

Monthly, December 2010 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: December 2010 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01002002010201520202025December 2010: 100 offencesJanuary 2011: 121 offencesFebruary 2011: 111 offencesMarch 2011: 113 offencesApril 2011: 91 offencesMay 2011: 134 offencesJune 2011: 132 offencesJuly 2011: 105 offencesAugust 2011: 85 offencesSeptember 2011: 113 offencesOctober 2011: 144 offencesNovember 2011: 173 offencesDecember 2011: 99 offencesJanuary 2012: 112 offencesFebruary 2012: 119 offencesMarch 2012: 115 offencesApril 2012: 110 offencesMay 2012: 70 offencesJune 2012: 105 offencesJuly 2012: 55 offencesAugust 2012: 107 offencesSeptember 2012: 92 offencesOctober 2012: 121 offencesNovember 2012: 137 offencesDecember 2012: 98 offencesJanuary 2013: 93 offencesFebruary 2013: 100 offencesMarch 2013: 114 offencesApril 2013: 107 offencesMay 2013: 115 offencesJune 2013: 116 offencesJuly 2013: 91 offencesAugust 2013: 129 offencesSeptember 2013: 104 offencesOctober 2013: 95 offencesNovember 2013: 85 offencesDecember 2013: 86 offencesJanuary 2014: 104 offencesFebruary 2014: 107 offencesMarch 2014: 99 offencesApril 2014: 123 offencesMay 2014: 94 offencesJune 2014: 106 offencesJuly 2014: 116 offencesAugust 2014: 115 offencesSeptember 2014: 100 offencesOctober 2014: 136 offencesNovember 2014: 111 offencesDecember 2014: 135 offencesJanuary 2015: 116 offencesFebruary 2015: 69 offencesMarch 2015: 62 offencesApril 2015: 83 offencesMay 2015: 85 offencesJune 2015: 93 offencesJuly 2015: 78 offencesAugust 2015: 109 offencesSeptember 2015: 112 offencesOctober 2015: 126 offencesNovember 2015: 111 offencesDecember 2015: 122 offencesJanuary 2016: 116 offencesFebruary 2016: 102 offencesMarch 2016: 105 offencesApril 2016: 98 offencesMay 2016: 102 offencesJune 2016: 88 offencesJuly 2016: 86 offencesAugust 2016: 113 offencesSeptember 2016: 104 offencesOctober 2016: 146 offencesNovember 2016: 109 offencesDecember 2016: 113 offencesJanuary 2017: 151 offencesFebruary 2017: 98 offencesMarch 2017: 130 offencesApril 2017: 117 offencesMay 2017: 138 offencesJune 2017: 156 offencesJuly 2017: 162 offencesAugust 2017: 201 offencesSeptember 2017: 182 offencesOctober 2017: 187 offencesNovember 2017: 172 offencesDecember 2017: 149 offencesJanuary 2018: 151 offencesFebruary 2018: 146 offencesMarch 2018: 204 offencesApril 2018: 134 offencesMay 2018: 184 offencesJune 2018: 193 offencesJuly 2018: 145 offencesAugust 2018: 152 offencesSeptember 2018: 173 offencesOctober 2018: 196 offencesNovember 2018: 191 offencesDecember 2018: 154 offencesJanuary 2019: 135 offencesFebruary 2019: 120 offencesMarch 2019: 142 offencesApril 2019: 165 offencesMay 2019: 143 offencesJune 2019: 122 offencesJuly 2019: 129 offencesAugust 2019: 158 offencesSeptember 2019: 162 offencesOctober 2019: 152 offencesNovember 2019: 158 offencesDecember 2019: 163 offencesJanuary 2020: 168 offencesFebruary 2020: 144 offencesMarch 2020: 148 offencesApril 2020: 140 offencesMay 2020: 113 offencesJune 2020: 118 offencesJuly 2020: 138 offencesAugust 2020: 140 offencesSeptember 2020: 146 offencesOctober 2020: 134 offencesNovember 2020: 100 offencesDecember 2020: 93 offencesJanuary 2021: 106 offencesFebruary 2021: 108 offencesMarch 2021: 103 offencesApril 2021: 95 offencesMay 2021: 73 offencesJune 2021: 83 offencesJuly 2021: 89 offencesAugust 2021: 96 offencesSeptember 2021: 88 offencesOctober 2021: 91 offencesNovember 2021: 127 offencesDecember 2021: 123 offencesJanuary 2022: 107 offencesFebruary 2022: 121 offencesMarch 2022: 120 offencesApril 2022: 119 offencesMay 2022: 167 offencesJune 2022: 137 offencesJuly 2022: 126 offencesAugust 2022: 152 offencesSeptember 2022: 174 offencesOctober 2022: 151 offencesNovember 2022: 178 offencesDecember 2022: 130 offencesJanuary 2023: 122 offencesFebruary 2023: 131 offencesMarch 2023: 121 offencesApril 2023: 140 offencesMay 2023: 99 offencesJune 2023: 133 offencesJuly 2023: 153 offencesAugust 2023: 206 offencesSeptember 2023: 157 offencesOctober 2023: 157 offencesNovember 2023: 138 offencesDecember 2023: 103 offencesJanuary 2024: 104 offencesFebruary 2024: 107 offencesMarch 2024: 170 offencesApril 2024: 135 offencesMay 2024: 212 offencesJune 2024: 214 offencesJuly 2024: 186 offencesAugust 2024: 199 offencesSeptember 2024: 153 offencesOctober 2024: 198 offencesNovember 2024: 131 offencesDecember 2024: 117 offencesJanuary 2025: 95 offencesFebruary 2025: 110 offencesMarch 2025: 131 offencesApril 2025: 113 offencesMay 2025: 100 offencesJune 2025: 86 offencesJuly 2025: 89 offencesAugust 2025: 108 offencesSeptember 2025: 133 offencesOctober 2025: 122 offencesNovember 2025: 101 offencesDecember 2025: 80 offencesJanuary 2026: 26 offencesFebruary 2026: 40 offencesMarch 2026: 113 offencesApril 2026: 82 offencesMay 2026: 94 offencesJune 2026: 119 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 2011802 (partial)
June 20121,3504.92012
June 20131,2554.62013
June 20141,2234.42014
June 20151,2214.42015
June 20161,2694.62016
June 20171,4615.32017
June 20182,0657.52018
June 20191,8386.72019
June 20201,7536.42020
June 20211,3194.82021
June 20221,3855.02022
June 20231,6575.92023
June 20241,8566.52024
June 20251,6195.62025
June 20261,1073.92025

What this measures

Theft of a vehicle, theft from a vehicle, and interference with a vehicle.

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Sunderland

Every local authority ranked by vehicle crime rate · All recorded crime in Sunderland