Total Crime Rate

235.5 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 235.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 104.3 10/10
  • Drugs 34.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.0 8/10
  • Public order 27.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.6 8/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

King Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in St John's and Great Clifton , and the 45th 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 King Street (CA14 4DH) in the last 12 months was 235.5 per 1,000 residents and was 133.2% higher 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 131.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around King Street (CA14 4DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in King Street area

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Data Sources

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