Crime Rates at Blossom Street, Hetton Le Hole, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 9EE

Blossom Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Copt Hill , and the 376th highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blossom Street (DH5 9EE) in the last 12 months was 82.8 per 1,000 residents and was 22.2% higher than the Copt Hill average (67.7 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 Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.7% 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 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Market Street (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.