Total Crime Rate

123.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

42.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 123.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 53.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 42.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.1 7/10
  • Burglary 10.7 9/10
  • Other crime 10.7 10/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Derwent Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Castle , and the 126th 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 Derwent Street (CA2 5QB) in the last 12 months was 123.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.5% lower than the Castle average (289.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft 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 8 (≈ 42.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Derwent Street (CA2 5QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Borrowdale Gardens (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Derwent Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborne Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Priory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dowbeck Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborne Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Crummock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bassenthwaite Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bassenthwaite Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Priory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Priory Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ullswater Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Priory Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Osborne Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborne Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borrowdale Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borrowdale Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Borrowdale Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Borrowdale Gardens —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbots Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Caldbeck Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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