Total Crime Rate

817.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 817.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 390.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 97.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 73.2 10/10
  • Drugs 69.1 10/10
  • Other theft 44.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.7 9/10
  • Public order 32.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.3 9/10
  • Burglary 12.2 9/10
  • Other crime 12.2 10/10
  • Robbery 12.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.1 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Poets Walk area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Penrith North , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 774 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Poets Walk (CA11 7HJ) in the last 12 months was 817.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1830.2% higher than the Penrith North average (42.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 96 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -65.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 109 (≈ 443.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Poets Walk (CA11 7HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Little Dockray. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Poets Walk area

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Data Sources

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