Crime Rates at Hillcrest, Northside, Workington, CA14 1AZ

Hillcrest area has the 9th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in St John's and Great Clifton , and the 182nd 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 Hillcrest (CA14 1AZ) in the last 12 months was 97.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.1% lower than the St John's and Great Clifton average (101.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 63.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hillcrest (CA14 1AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near New Bridge Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northside Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.