Total Crime Rate

30.4 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 30.4 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Cairncross area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Castle , and the 146th lowest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cairncross (SR5 3HB) in the last 12 months was 30.4 per 1,000 residents and was 76.0% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cairncross (SR5 3HB), the main crime hotspot is near Laburnum Grove. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cairncross area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Laburnum Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maydown Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laburnum Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Caspian Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Caspian Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Caspian Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cheam Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cheam Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Caspian Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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