Pennywell & South Hylton
WardNorth Sunderland. About 11,902 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Pennywell & South Hylton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Pennywell & South Hylton compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Pennywell & South Hylton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Pennywell & South Hylton at a rate of 85.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 98.2 per 1,000 people across Sunderland.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 80 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Pennywell & South Hylton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (359), anti-social behaviour (182) and other crime (181).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Sunderland
These figures are published for the whole of Sunderland, not for each ward, so they describe all of Sunderland and not Pennywell & South Hylton alone. See Sunderland
Pennywell & South Hylton in brief
Pennywell & South Hylton had 11,539 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Pennywell & South Hylton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Pennywell & South Hylton, 92.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Pennywell & South Hylton, 4.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.