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Burglary in Sunderland

12 months to June 2026

4.9per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,398 burglary offences in Sunderland in the 12 months to June 2026, down 25.6% (480) on the previous 12 months. That is 4.9 per 1,000 residents against 3.6 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Burglary
  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: 122 offencesJanuary 2011: 143 offencesFebruary 2011: 131 offencesMarch 2011: 129 offencesApril 2011: 110 offencesMay 2011: 150 offencesJune 2011: 142 offencesJuly 2011: 184 offencesAugust 2011: 141 offencesSeptember 2011: 136 offencesOctober 2011: 157 offencesNovember 2011: 185 offencesDecember 2011: 107 offencesJanuary 2012: 156 offencesFebruary 2012: 123 offencesMarch 2012: 115 offencesApril 2012: 124 offencesMay 2012: 181 offencesJune 2012: 144 offencesJuly 2012: 129 offencesAugust 2012: 149 offencesSeptember 2012: 121 offencesOctober 2012: 157 offencesNovember 2012: 131 offencesDecember 2012: 126 offencesJanuary 2013: 133 offencesFebruary 2013: 125 offencesMarch 2013: 131 offencesApril 2013: 145 offencesMay 2013: 153 offencesJune 2013: 134 offencesJuly 2013: 143 offencesAugust 2013: 142 offencesSeptember 2013: 171 offencesOctober 2013: 191 offencesNovember 2013: 154 offencesDecember 2013: 108 offencesJanuary 2014: 131 offencesFebruary 2014: 141 offencesMarch 2014: 135 offencesApril 2014: 117 offencesMay 2014: 140 offencesJune 2014: 131 offencesJuly 2014: 122 offencesAugust 2014: 154 offencesSeptember 2014: 147 offencesOctober 2014: 149 offencesNovember 2014: 166 offencesDecember 2014: 159 offencesJanuary 2015: 131 offencesFebruary 2015: 127 offencesMarch 2015: 136 offencesApril 2015: 130 offencesMay 2015: 122 offencesJune 2015: 117 offencesJuly 2015: 123 offencesAugust 2015: 149 offencesSeptember 2015: 154 offencesOctober 2015: 144 offencesNovember 2015: 127 offencesDecember 2015: 158 offencesJanuary 2016: 151 offencesFebruary 2016: 146 offencesMarch 2016: 100 offencesApril 2016: 132 offencesMay 2016: 126 offencesJune 2016: 134 offencesJuly 2016: 150 offencesAugust 2016: 164 offencesSeptember 2016: 155 offencesOctober 2016: 126 offencesNovember 2016: 122 offencesDecember 2016: 147 offencesJanuary 2017: 151 offencesFebruary 2017: 100 offencesMarch 2017: 148 offencesApril 2017: 111 offencesMay 2017: 178 offencesJune 2017: 210 offencesJuly 2017: 163 offencesAugust 2017: 170 offencesSeptember 2017: 167 offencesOctober 2017: 178 offencesNovember 2017: 178 offencesDecember 2017: 163 offencesJanuary 2018: 174 offencesFebruary 2018: 163 offencesMarch 2018: 153 offencesApril 2018: 136 offencesMay 2018: 161 offencesJune 2018: 153 offencesJuly 2018: 165 offencesAugust 2018: 191 offencesSeptember 2018: 202 offencesOctober 2018: 206 offencesNovember 2018: 181 offencesDecember 2018: 174 offencesJanuary 2019: 141 offencesFebruary 2019: 127 offencesMarch 2019: 140 offencesApril 2019: 171 offencesMay 2019: 144 offencesJune 2019: 155 offencesJuly 2019: 160 offencesAugust 2019: 173 offencesSeptember 2019: 152 offencesOctober 2019: 153 offencesNovember 2019: 156 offencesDecember 2019: 163 offencesJanuary 2020: 166 offencesFebruary 2020: 149 offencesMarch 2020: 158 offencesApril 2020: 146 offencesMay 2020: 140 offencesJune 2020: 110 offencesJuly 2020: 154 offencesAugust 2020: 132 offencesSeptember 2020: 126 offencesOctober 2020: 119 offencesNovember 2020: 110 offencesDecember 2020: 134 offencesJanuary 2021: 104 offencesFebruary 2021: 100 offencesMarch 2021: 97 offencesApril 2021: 109 offencesMay 2021: 95 offencesJune 2021: 114 offencesJuly 2021: 135 offencesAugust 2021: 101 offencesSeptember 2021: 119 offencesOctober 2021: 150 offencesNovember 2021: 146 offencesDecember 2021: 163 offencesJanuary 2022: 143 offencesFebruary 2022: 132 offencesMarch 2022: 138 offencesApril 2022: 141 offencesMay 2022: 160 offencesJune 2022: 114 offencesJuly 2022: 138 offencesAugust 2022: 171 offencesSeptember 2022: 114 offencesOctober 2022: 154 offencesNovember 2022: 117 offencesDecember 2022: 106 offencesJanuary 2023: 91 offencesFebruary 2023: 134 offencesMarch 2023: 127 offencesApril 2023: 136 offencesMay 2023: 105 offencesJune 2023: 101 offencesJuly 2023: 111 offencesAugust 2023: 139 offencesSeptember 2023: 124 offencesOctober 2023: 112 offencesNovember 2023: 118 offencesDecember 2023: 103 offencesJanuary 2024: 99 offencesFebruary 2024: 77 offencesMarch 2024: 132 offencesApril 2024: 118 offencesMay 2024: 124 offencesJune 2024: 172 offencesJuly 2024: 146 offencesAugust 2024: 211 offencesSeptember 2024: 151 offencesOctober 2024: 148 offencesNovember 2024: 197 offencesDecember 2024: 180 offencesJanuary 2025: 148 offencesFebruary 2025: 117 offencesMarch 2025: 140 offencesApril 2025: 133 offencesMay 2025: 159 offencesJune 2025: 148 offencesJuly 2025: 111 offencesAugust 2025: 112 offencesSeptember 2025: 152 offencesOctober 2025: 146 offencesNovember 2025: 160 offencesDecember 2025: 103 offencesJanuary 2026: 31 offencesFebruary 2026: 51 offencesMarch 2026: 115 offencesApril 2026: 136 offencesMay 2026: 156 offencesJune 2026: 125 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 2011927 (partial)
June 20121,7536.42012
June 20131,6345.92013
June 20141,7046.22014
June 20151,6606.02015
June 20161,6446.02016
June 20171,7626.42017
June 20181,9597.12018
June 20191,9977.32019
June 20201,8266.72020
June 20211,3945.12021
June 20221,6425.92022
June 20231,4945.32023
June 20241,4295.02024
June 20251,8786.52025
June 20261,3984.92025

What this measures

Offences where a person enters a building as a trespasser with intent to steal or commit another offence; residential and non-residential burglary are both included in this police.uk category.

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 burglary rate · All recorded crime in Sunderland