Total Crime Rate

131.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 131.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.6 8/10
  • Other theft 16.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Dene Mews area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Castle , and the 276th highest crime rate of 926 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 Dene Mews (SR5 3AY) in the last 12 months was 131.0 per 1,000 residents and was 3.2% higher than the Castle average (126.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 67.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dene Mews (SR5 3AY), the main crime hotspot is near Castellian Road. Police recorded 144 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dene Mews area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castellian Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order East View Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Castellian Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Castellian Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Castellian Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Castellian Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Castellian Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Castellian Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime East View Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Castellian Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bowburn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowburn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dene Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dene Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Aydon Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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