Total Crime Rate

145.2 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 145.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.8 9/10
  • Other crime 20.8 10/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wordsworth Avenue East area has the 15th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Copt Hill , and the 233rd 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 Wordsworth Avenue East (DH5 8LH) in the last 12 months was 145.2 per 1,000 residents and was 77.8% higher than the Copt Hill average (81.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 62.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wordsworth Avenue East (DH5 8LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moore Crescent South, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Normandy Crescent (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wordsworth Avenue East area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Balmoral Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burns Avenue South Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Balmoral Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Milton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Milton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Milton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kingsway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 Kingsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairburn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Burns Avenue South Under investigation
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Data Sources

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