Total Crime Rate

83.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 83.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Front Street area has the 34th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Copt Hill , and the 439th highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Front Street (DH4 4ER) in the last 12 months was 83.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2.7% higher than the Copt Hill average (81.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 38.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Front Street (DH4 4ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Charles Street, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Leas (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Front Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary St Cuthbert'S Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Charles Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Front Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Front Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary North Street Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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