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

Dunn Avenue 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 Dunn Avenue (SR3 1DD) 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 Dunn Avenue (SR3 1DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Belstone Court, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tavistock Square (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dunn Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belstone Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Belstone Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson York Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilson Terrace —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wilson Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lincoln Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lincoln Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tavistock Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Terrace Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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