Total Crime Rate

535.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 535.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 215.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 89.2 10/10
  • Other theft 67.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.7 9/10
  • Public order 30.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.3 9/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Dene Street area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in St Chad's , and the 23rd 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 Dene Street (SR3 1BZ) in the last 12 months was 535.4 per 1,000 residents and was 815.0% higher than the St Chad's average (58.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -47.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 98.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 65.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dene Street (SR3 1BZ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dene Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lincoln Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson York Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Burglary Belstone Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belstone Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tavistock Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Public order Essex Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lincoln Avenue
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area

Data Sources

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