Total Crime Rate

184.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 184.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.1 7/10
  • Public order 18.1 9/10
  • Burglary 14.5 9/10
  • Other crime 14.5 10/10
  • Other theft 14.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bathgate Square area has the 12th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Castle , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bathgate Square (SR5 4RQ) in the last 12 months was 184.8 per 1,000 residents and was 45.6% higher than the Castle average (126.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 90.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bathgate Square (SR5 4RQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Belgrade Square, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Borodin Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bathgate Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bingley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bingley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barking Crescent —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belgrade Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belgrade Crescent —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Baltimore Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bingley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Baltimore Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bingley Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borodin Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Berwick Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Batley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Craigshaw Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Baltimore Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Crimea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Crimea Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Bathgate Square Under investigation
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Data Sources

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