Crime Rates at Blyth Street, Sunderland, SR5 4HH

Blyth Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Castle , and the 288th highest crime rate of 922 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 Blyth Street (SR5 4HH) in the last 12 months was 102.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.0% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 67.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blyth Street (SR5 4HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brisbane Street, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barrow Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.