Total Crime Rate
178.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Honeysuckle Terrace area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Hetton , and the 165th 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 Honeysuckle Terrace (DH5 0QH) in the last 12 months was 178.8 per 1,000 residents and was 66.0% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 275.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 106.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 255.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Honeysuckle Terrace (DH5 0QH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hartside Gardens, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ullswater Avenue (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hetton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Buttermere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coniston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartside Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hartside Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hartside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hartside Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ullswater Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullswater Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
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