Total Crime Rate
37.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fieldfare Close area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Hetton , and the 261st 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 Fieldfare Close (DH5 0GU) in the last 12 months was 37.4 per 1,000 residents and was 60.1% lower than the Hetton average (93.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 11.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 133.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fieldfare Close (DH5 0GU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blindy Lane, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Caldew Court (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hetton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blindy Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackcap Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackcap Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fieldfare Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blindy Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackcap Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gelt Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caldew Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornsey Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackcap Close | — |
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