Total Crime Rate

184.3 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 184.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 27.5 7/10
  • Other crime 11.8 10/10
  • Other theft 11.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Drugs 3.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Dalston Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Castle , and the 66th highest crime rate of 917 local areas in Cumberland .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dalston Road (CA2 5NW) in the last 12 months was 184.3 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% lower 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 105.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dalston Road (CA2 5NW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dowbeck Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dalston Road area

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Data Sources

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