Total Crime Rate
103.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broad Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Botcherby , and the 158th 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 Broad Street (CA1 2AG) in the last 12 months was 103.5 per 1,000 residents and was 42.8% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 59.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broad Street (CA1 2AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rose Court, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blake Street (35 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 | Rose Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Warwick Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rose Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Garden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Garden Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hartington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rose Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blake Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | South Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Edward Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Edward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rose Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Close Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barrock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rose Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fusehill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Orfeur Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orfeur Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orfeur Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barrock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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