Total Crime Rate

260.2 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 260.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 150.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.4 8/10
  • Public order 20.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.2 3/10
  • Robbery 8.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Hawthorn Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Doxford , and the 91st 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 Hawthorn Avenue (SR3 1DU) in the last 12 months was 260.2 per 1,000 residents and was 217.7% higher than the Doxford average (81.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 311.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -53.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawthorn Avenue (SR3 1DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tunstall View, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blind Lane (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hawthorn Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tunstall View Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tunstall View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Fairways Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairways Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blind Lane —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blind Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Blind Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Londonderry Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tunstall View Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tunstall Villas —
Sep 2025Other theft Tunstall View Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tunstall View Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tunstall View Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tunstall View Under investigation
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Data Sources

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