Total Crime Rate
45.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dumfries Close area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in St Anne's , and the 334th lowest crime rate of 922 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 Dumfries Close (SR4 8RR) in the last 12 months was 45.8 per 1,000 residents and was 48.8% lower than the St Anne's average (89.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dumfries Close (SR4 8RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glasbury Avenue, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Greenway (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nairn Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Birchberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nookside Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Glasbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Glasbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Glasbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glasbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nairn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stirling Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchberry Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stirling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stirling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stirling Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stirling Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stirling Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stirling Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampstead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampstead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hampstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchberry Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchberry Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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