Total Crime Rate
200.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ten Fields area has the 8th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Copt Hill , and the 136th highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ten Fields (DH5 9NB) in the last 12 months was 200.9 per 1,000 residents and was 145.9% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 132.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ten Fields (DH5 9NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clydesdale Street, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B1284 (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Copt Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allendale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clydesdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rochdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clydesdale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lunesdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Langdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Langdale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Langdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B1284 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allendale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Allendale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allendale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
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