Operated by: Northumbria Police

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Sunderland has extensive, well-established residential communities and business districts, including the Nissan complex. We have police bases in Washington, Southwick, the city centre, Farringdon and Houghton-le-Spring. The Area Command is also home to our Mounted Unit.

Contact Details

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Current Priorities

Issue

Retail crime

Action

Problem Orientated Policing plan in place to support repeat victims and target prolific offenders. Partnership work is ongoing with key premises to assist in crime prevention. Prolific offenders are being identified and arrested with civil orders being used to deter and prevent offending.

Issue

Serious violence

Action

Working within the SAIL team (Sunderland Altogether Improving Lives) to identify and target offenders. The team are using diversionary activities as well as seeking appropriate disruption orders and conditional bail to prevent offending and disrupt behaviour. Outreach youth workers are assisting in diverting children away from violence

Issue

Overnight vehicle crime

Action

We continue to tackle this issue through crime analysis, crime prevention and target hardening advice and pro-actively identifying and targeting offenders.