Total Crime Rate

134.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 134.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 43.5 8/10
  • Public order 25.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
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

Skirsgill Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Eamont and Shap , and the 75th 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 Skirsgill Close (CA11 8QF) in the last 12 months was 134.1 per 1,000 residents and was 250.8% higher than the Eamont and Shap average (38.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 39.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Skirsgill Close (CA11 8QF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ullswater Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Castle Drive (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Skirsgill Close area

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Data Sources

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