Total Crime Rate
2244.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1157.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Viaduct Estate Road area has the highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Botcherby , and the 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 Viaduct Estate Road (CA2 5BH) in the last 12 months was 2244.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2998.8% higher than the Botcherby average (72.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 313 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 4 cases , up 300.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -23.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 440 (≈ 1157.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Viaduct Estate Road (CA2 5BH), the main crime hotspot is near Bank Street. Police recorded 179 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Elm Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sheffield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bank Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bank Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sheffield Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scotch Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scotch Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fisher Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fisher Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fisher Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fisher Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bank Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bank Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nelson Bridge | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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