Total Crime Rate

99.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

45.1 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 99.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 45.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.5 8/10
  • Other crime 13.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Baxter Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Castle , and the 306th 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 Baxter Road (SR5 4LN) in the last 12 months was 99.1 per 1,000 residents and was 12.1% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 45.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Baxter Road (SR5 4LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barrow Street, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bognor Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Baxter Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Barrow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belgrade Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Baxter Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Baxter Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barrow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barrow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barrow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birrell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Birrell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belgrade Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Berwick Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Belgrade Square —
Apr 2026Public order Bradford Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bognor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bognor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bradford Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bradford Avenue —
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Data Sources

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