Crime Rate in Hawcoat and Newbarns, ward

Hawcoat and Newbarns has the 13th highest crime rate of 33 wards in Westmorland and Furness district and the 2393rd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 371st lowest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hawcoat and Newbarns in the last 12 months was 47.9 per 1,000 residents and was 20.4% lower than the Westmorland and Furness district average (60.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hawcoat and Newbarns’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 313 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -82.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 382 (≈ 33.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hawcoat and Newbarns ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 93 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.