Total Crime Rate

131.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

38.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 131.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 38.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.1 6/10
  • Other crime 24.3 10/10
  • Burglary 19.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.6 7/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Bicycle 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Hetton , and the 216th highest crime rate of 922 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 High Street (DH5 0JS) in the last 12 months was 131.1 per 1,000 residents and was 39.8% higher than the Hetton average (93.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 38.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (DH5 0JS), the main crime hotspot is near Hartside Gardens. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thames Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Murton Lane —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Tay Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Tay Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tay Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Jubilee Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Jubilee Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Jubilee Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tay Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Murton Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tees Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Hartside Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Hartside Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartside Gardens Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Public order Hartside Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Hartside Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Hartside Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Dorset Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Dorset Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dorset Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tees Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime High Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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