Total Crime Rate
98.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Warwick Square area has the 28th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Botcherby , and the 169th highest crime rate of 917 local areas in Cumberland .
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 Warwick Square (CA1 1LB) in the last 12 months was 98.1 per 1,000 residents and was 35.5% higher than the Botcherby average (72.4 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 58.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Warwick Square (CA1 1LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tait Street, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rose Court (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Portland Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Currie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hartington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rose Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rose Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rose Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rose Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Portland Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Portland Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Portland Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rose Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hart Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tait Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Pauls Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Pauls Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Pauls Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Warwick Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orfeur Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orfeur Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Close Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tait Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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