Total Crime Rate

110.3 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 110.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.2 9/10
  • Other theft 16.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.5 6/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Blossom Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Copt Hill , and the 333rd 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 Blossom Street (DH5 9EE) in the last 12 months was 110.3 per 1,000 residents and was 35.1% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 64.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 86.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blossom Street (DH5 9EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fairy Street, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Market Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blossom Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victory Street East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Downs Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Downs Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fairy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victory Street East Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Henry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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