Total Crime Rate
144.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Baltimore Square area has the 15th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Castle , and the 185th 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 Baltimore Square (SR5 4RH) in the last 12 months was 144.9 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 61.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Baltimore Square (SR5 4RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clovelly Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Borodin Avenue (12 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 | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crimea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrade Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrade Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belgrade Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Berwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bexhill Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cockermouth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Baltimore Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birrell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crimea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crimea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crimea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Birrell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barking Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barking Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Caithness Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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