Total Crime Rate

90.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.0 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 90.2 7/10
  • Violent crimes 41.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.4 9/10
  • Other crime 12.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 5/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Kidd Square area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Castle , and the 340th highest crime rate of 922 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 Kidd Square (SR5 4AA) in the last 12 months was 90.2 per 1,000 residents and was 20.0% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kidd Square (SR5 4AA), the main crime hotspot is near Kildare Square. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kidd Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kidderminster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Kildare Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kidderminster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Kidderminster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Kidderminster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grasmoor View —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rutherford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rutherford Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ravenswood Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kidderminster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kidderminster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kildare Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kingsway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kingsway Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Kingsway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Kingsway Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kildare Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Scafell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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