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Crime in DH5 8

How much crime is recorded in DH5 8, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Sunderland
Region
North East
Population
8,684 (2024)
Crime

How safe is DH5 8

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 34.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in DH5 8, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
34.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
76
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).

DH5 8National
Burglary22.19.1
Violence and sexual offences21.523.6
Anti-social behaviour16.410.7
Shoplifting9.78.4
Criminal damage and arson7.54.7
Public order5.64.6
Vehicle crime4.03.5
Other crime3.21.5
Other theft3.14.5
Robbery2.31.4
Drugs1.42.4
Theft from the person0.82.1
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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