Total Crime Rate
103.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Silksworth Terrace area has the 12th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Doxford , and the 283rd highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Silksworth Terrace (SR3 2AT) in the last 12 months was 103.8 per 1,000 residents and was 78.2% higher than the Doxford average (58.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 23.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Silksworth Terrace (SR3 2AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church View, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Comet Square (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornelia Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Minehead Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Matthews View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Matthews View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vane Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minehead Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stewart Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Britannia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Britannia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Seaham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mary Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Comet Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Londonderry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Maria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blind Lane | Under investigation |
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