Total Crime Rate

264.4 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 264.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 107.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 30.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.8 8/10
  • Drugs 23.0 10/10
  • Other crime 19.2 10/10
  • Public order 19.2 9/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Nelson Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Castle , and the 36th 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 Nelson Street (CA2 5NE) in the last 12 months was 264.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.0% higher than the Castle average (264.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 134.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nelson Street (CA2 5NE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nelson Street area

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Data Sources

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