Total Crime Rate

179.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 179.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.9 10/10
  • Public order 29.9 10/10
  • Drugs 14.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Tudhoe Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Houghton , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tudhoe Close (DH4 6GA) in the last 12 months was 179.1 per 1,000 residents and was 100.6% higher than the Houghton average (89.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 74.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tudhoe Close (DH4 6GA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tudhoe Close, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Foxglove (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tudhoe Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Waterhouses Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Twizzell Burn Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Waterhouses Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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