Total Crime Rate
23.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bathgate Avenue area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Castle , and the 154th lowest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bathgate Avenue (SR5 4RD) in the last 12 months was 23.6 per 1,000 residents and was 79.1% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bathgate Avenue (SR5 4RD), 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.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barking Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Berwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Baxter Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Baxter Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baxter Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bexhill Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Boston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belgrade Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrade Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Boston Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boston Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cockermouth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrade Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bognor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Baltimore Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crimea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crimea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barking Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bognor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crimea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crimea Road | Under investigation |
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