Total Crime Rate

55.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 55.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cypress Square area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Doxford , and the 333rd lowest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cypress Square (SR3 1HA) in the last 12 months was 55.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.2% lower than the Doxford average (81.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 48.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cypress Square (SR3 1HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tunstall View, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Comet Square (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cypress Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tavistock Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Castlereagh Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson York Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Belstone Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belstone Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minehead Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tempest 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Castlereagh Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blind Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lincoln Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blind Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Blind Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tunstall View Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tunstall View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tunstall View Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lincoln Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Seaham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vicarage Road —
Sep 2025Public order Essex Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Athol Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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