Total Crime Rate

116.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

76.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 116.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 76.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.3 8/10
  • Public order 20.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Other crime 10.0 9/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Birrell Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Castle , and the 246th 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 Birrell Street (SR5 4NF) in the last 12 months was 116.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.5% higher 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 76.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birrell Street (SR5 4NF), 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 Birrell Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Berwick Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Baxter Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belgrade Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belgrade Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Belgrade Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bognor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Bognor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birrell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Baxter Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Birrell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Baxter Square —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Barrow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barrow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bexhill Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barrow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barrow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Baxter Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Baxter Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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