Total Crime Rate
29.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Buchanan Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Currock , and the 339th 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 Buchanan Road (CA2 4QD) in the last 12 months was 29.4 per 1,000 residents and was 77.1% lower than the Currock average (128.3 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buchanan Road (CA2 4QD), the main crime hotspot is near Millbank Court. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Upperby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Millholme Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Millbank Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbank Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbank Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbank Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbank Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sewell Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Millbank Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Millbank Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Millbank Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Millholme Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ridley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Buchanan Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montreal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Toronto Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boundary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boundary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundary Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harold Street | Under investigation |
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