Total Crime Rate
175.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dock Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in St Peter's , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dock Street (SR6 0EA) in the last 12 months was 175.1 per 1,000 residents and was 37.3% higher than the St Peter's average (127.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 80.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dock Street (SR6 0EA), the main crime hotspot is near Dixon'S Square. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brandling Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Zetland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brandling Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Huddlestone Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dixon'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dixon'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dixon'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Roker Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whickham Street East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dock Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Zetland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mulgrave Drive | Under investigation |
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