Total Crime Rate

181.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

99.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 181.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 99.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.5 9/10
  • Other crime 17.8 10/10
  • Public order 17.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Boston Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Castle , and the 123rd 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 Boston Street (SR5 4QL) in the last 12 months was 181.5 per 1,000 residents and was 61.0% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 99.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Boston Street (SR5 4QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Boston Crescent, where police recorded 25 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 Boston Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barking Square —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Boston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barking Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bognor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Bognor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Baxter Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Baxter Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Baxter Square —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boston Crescent —
Apr 2026Other crime Boston Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bexhill Square —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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