Total Crime Rate

129.6 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 129.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.7 8/10
  • Burglary 18.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.1 8/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Muirfield Drive area has the 20th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Washington North , and the 282nd 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 Muirfield Drive (NE37 2LS) in the last 12 months was 129.6 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% lower than the Washington North average (153.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 211.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Muirfield Drive (NE37 2LS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Muirfield Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Norfolk Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coach Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Stone Cellar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stone Cellar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Drive —
Sep 2025Burglary Lytham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lytham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Heworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
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Data Sources

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