Total Crime Rate

28.2 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 28.2 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Scaw Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Cockermouth South , and the 310th lowest crime rate of 917 local areas in Cumberland .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Scaw Road (CA14 4PH) in the last 12 months was 28.2 per 1,000 residents and was 148.3% higher than the Cockermouth South average (11.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scaw Road (CA14 4PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harringdale Road, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Main Road (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Scaw Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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Data Sources

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