Total Crime Rate

194.4 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 194.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 127.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.9 7/10
  • Drugs 16.7 9/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Waterside area has the 9th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Copt Hill , and the 144th 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 Waterside (SR4 9JS) in the last 12 months was 194.4 per 1,000 residents and was 138.0% higher than the Copt Hill average (81.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 86.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterside (SR4 9JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Craggs Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dovestone Close (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterside area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Thorncliffe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thorncliffe Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thorncliffe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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