Total Crime Rate
93.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alexander Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Currock , and the 190th 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 Alexander Street (CA1 2LH) in the last 12 months was 93.3 per 1,000 residents and was 27.3% lower than the Currock average (128.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alexander Street (CA1 2LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 101 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 Currock| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Orchard Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orchard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | David Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | David Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | David Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | David Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | David Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Orchard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | School Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Garden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Garden Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Melrose Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blake Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chertsey Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chertsey Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chertsey Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harraby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harraby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindisfarne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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