Total Crime Rate

174.5 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 174.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.6 9/10
  • Public order 16.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • 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

Scalegate Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Currock , and the 74th highest crime rate of 917 local areas in Cumberland .

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 Scalegate Road (CA2 4PR) in the last 12 months was 174.5 per 1,000 residents and was 25.8% higher than the Currock average (138.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 117.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 402.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scalegate Road (CA2 4PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buchanan Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park/Open Space (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Scalegate Road area

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Data Sources

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