Total Crime Rate

101.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 101.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.1 10/10
  • Burglary 16.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.9 4/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Hetton Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Copt Hill , and the 366th highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hetton Road (DH5 8JW) in the last 12 months was 101.3 per 1,000 residents and was 24.0% higher than the Copt Hill average (81.7 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 25.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hetton Road (DH5 8JW), the main crime hotspot is near Moore Crescent South. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hetton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Milton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairburn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moore Crescent South —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moore Crescent South —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cresta View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cresta View Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Milton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairburn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Milton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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