Total Crime Rate
6.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kirklea area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Cockermouth North , and the 45th lowest crime rate of 917 local areas in Cumberland .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kirklea (CA13 0LZ) in the last 12 months was 6.1 per 1,000 residents and was 84.8% lower than the Cockermouth North average (40.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kirklea (CA13 0LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kirklea, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alice Lane (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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