Total Crime Rate

322.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 322.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 155.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.1 10/10
  • Other crime 20.3 10/10
  • Burglary 17.0 10/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Comet Square area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Doxford , and the 60th 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 Comet Square (SR3 1JD) in the last 12 months was 322.0 per 1,000 residents and was 293.2% higher than the Doxford average (81.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 81.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Comet Square (SR3 1JD), 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 Comet Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Tunstall View Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tunstall View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Blind Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blind Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blind Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Athol Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Castlereagh Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castlereagh Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Tempest Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Cambridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tunstall View Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tunstall View Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tunstall View Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Robert Street —
Sep 2025Other crime Lord Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tunstall View Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tunstall View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minehead Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vicarage Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Seaham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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