Total Crime Rate

47.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.0 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 47.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 39.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.0 10/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Queensway 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.

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Crime Over Time in Queensway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reeth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Whernside Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Railton Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ravenstone Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ravenstone Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Reeth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reeth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Troutbeck Drive Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reeth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Reeth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary St Edmunds Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ravenstone Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ravenstone Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hutton Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hutton Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queensway Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Queensway Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whernside Under investigation

Data Sources

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