Total Crime Rate
47.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queensway area has the 14th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Dalston and Burgh , and the 416th highest 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 Queensway (CA2 6TP) in the last 12 months was 47.6 per 1,000 residents and was 105.3% higher than the Dalston and Burgh average (23.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queensway (CA2 6TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whernside (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Yewdale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whernside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Railton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravenstone Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravenstone Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Reeth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Troutbeck Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Reeth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Edmunds Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ravenstone Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ravenstone Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hutton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whernside | Under investigation |
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