Total Crime Rate

150.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 150.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.1 9/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.4 3/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Cockermouth Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Castle , and the 217th 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 Cockermouth Road (SR5 3LT) in the last 12 months was 150.4 per 1,000 residents and was 18.6% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 185.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 101.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 228.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cockermouth Road (SR5 3LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Caithness Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bingley Street (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cockermouth Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crieff Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bathgate Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Crieff Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Crieff Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Crimea Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Crimea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bingley Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bingley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bingley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Baltimore Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Baltimore Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bingley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barking Crescent —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Baltimore Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Craigshaw Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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