Total Crime Rate

159.4 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 159.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.2 10/10
  • Public order 18.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.5 6/10
  • Other theft 10.9 8/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Bedale Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Hetton , and the 202nd 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 Bedale Street (DH5 0BW) in the last 12 months was 159.4 per 1,000 residents and was 48.0% higher than the Hetton average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 76.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bedale Street (DH5 0BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clydesdale Street, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wear Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bedale Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allendale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Allendale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Langdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Langdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allendale Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allendale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Deepdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rochdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rochdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Borrowdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lunesdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clydesdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nelson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clydesdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Langdale Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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