Total Crime Rate

95.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

38.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 95.1 7/10
  • Violent crimes 38.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cook Square area has the 29th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Castle , and the 325th highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cook Square (SR5 3QN) in the last 12 months was 95.1 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% lower than the Castle average (112.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cook Square (SR5 3QN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clovelly Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cook Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brentford Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Corinthian Square —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Corinthian Square —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cook Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hepburn Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Canterbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cramlington Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cramlington Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clovelly Square Under investigation
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Data Sources

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