Total Crime Rate

237.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 237.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 46.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.6 9/10
  • Burglary 25.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.9 9/10
  • Public order 15.6 9/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Robbery 6.3 7/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Rectory Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Copt Hill , and the 104th 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 Rectory Road (DH5 9HG) in the last 12 months was 237.5 per 1,000 residents and was 190.7% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 90.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rectory Road (DH5 9HG), the main crime hotspot is near Front Street. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rectory Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/32)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lunesdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Office Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allendale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welfare Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Welfare Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Welfare Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allendale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Allendale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road North —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rochdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rochdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Office Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Office Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pemberton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allendale Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Front Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claude Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claude Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Front Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Langdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Langdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Langdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Front Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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