Crime Rates at Garden Close, Penrith, CA11 7LF

Garden Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Penrith North , and the 13th highest crime rate of 770 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 Garden Close (CA11 7LF) in the last 12 months was 436.4 per 1,000 residents and was 950.2% higher than the Penrith North average (41.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 227.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Garden Close (CA11 7LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Court (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.