Total Crime Rate

100.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 26.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.5 4/10
  • Drugs 13.1 9/10
  • Burglary 8.7 8/10
  • Other crime 8.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Garden Estate area has the 17th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Copt Hill , and the 301st highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Garden Estate (DH5 9HT) in the last 12 months was 100.4 per 1,000 residents and was 48.4% higher than the Copt Hill average (67.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 26.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Garden Estate (DH5 9HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Front Street, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Garden Estate area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pemberton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Front Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Front Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Front Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Front Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Eaglesdene Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Station Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour John Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edward Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
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Data Sources

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