Crime Rate in Doxford, ward

Doxford has the 9th lowest crime rate of 25 wards in Sunderland district and the 2611th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 146th lowest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Doxford in the last 12 months was 81.9 per 1,000 residents and was 31.9% lower than the Sunderland district average (120.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Doxford’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 265 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -49.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 324 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Doxford ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Birch Court, with 122 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Cornbank Close (17 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.