Total Crime Rate
13.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blackwell Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Currock , and the 132nd 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 Blackwell Road (CA2 4RR) in the last 12 months was 13.0 per 1,000 residents and was 89.8% lower than the Currock average (128.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -93.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackwell Road (CA2 4RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Henderson Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holmes Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Upperby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Currock Bank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sewell Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Currock Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Jubilee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Road | Under investigation |
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