Penshaw & Shiney Row
WardNorth west Sunderland. About 12,330 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 7.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 40% of people in Penshaw & Shiney Row live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Penshaw & Shiney Row compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Penshaw & Shiney Row safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Penshaw & Shiney Row at a rate of 64.1 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, 74 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Penshaw & Shiney Row.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (244), anti-social behaviour (125) and other crime (114).
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 Penshaw & Shiney Row alone. See Sunderland
Penshaw & Shiney Row in brief
Penshaw & Shiney Row had 11,840 usual residents at the census.
About 40% of people in Penshaw & Shiney Row live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Penshaw & Shiney Row, 97.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Penshaw & Shiney Row, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.