Total Crime Rate
38.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Four Lane Ends area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Copt Hill , and the 270th lowest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Four Lane Ends (DH5 0AB) in the last 12 months was 38.7 per 1,000 residents and was 42.9% lower than the Copt Hill average (67.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Four Lane Ends (DH5 0AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Four Lane Ends, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wear Street (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hetton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lunesdale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lunesdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lunesdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lunesdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lunesdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lunesdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lunesdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Borrowdale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Four Lane Ends | — |
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