Total Crime Rate
86.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sunny Blunts area has the 20th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Passfield , and the 791st highest crime rate of 1,720 local areas in County Durham .
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 Sunny Blunts (SR8 1LS) in the last 12 months was 86.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.3% lower than the Passfield average (91.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 28.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sunny Blunts (SR8 1LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Medway Close, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakerside Drive (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Medway Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sunny Blunts | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oakerside Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Helford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Medway Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Teign Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sunny Blunts | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunny Blunts | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Medway Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakerside Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Medway Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Medway Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Medway Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Medway Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Medway Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Medway Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oakerside Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Teign Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakerside Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sunny Blunts | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sunny Blunts | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sunny Blunts | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tees Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunny Blunts | — |
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