Total Crime Rate

114.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 114.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Other crime 13.9 10/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Caspian Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Castle , and the 321st highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Caspian Road (SR5 3SE) in the last 12 months was 114.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Caspian Road (SR5 3SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Caspian Square, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clacton Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Caspian Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clacton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Caspian Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colombo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clacton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clacton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clacton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Calais Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Calais Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cardiff Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cheam Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cheam Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Caspian Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Caspian Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cardiff Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Caspian Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maydown Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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