Total Crime Rate

160.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 160.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 58.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.6 9/10
  • Burglary 15.7 10/10
  • Other theft 15.7 9/10
  • Public order 15.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 15.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.8 9/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Weardale Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Castle , and the 84th 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 Weardale Road (CA2 7BU) in the last 12 months was 160.8 per 1,000 residents and was 44.4% lower than the Castle average (289.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Weardale Road (CA2 7BU), the main crime hotspot is near Priory Road. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Weardale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences John Roberts Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Priory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft John Roberts Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborne Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbots Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Silloth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborne Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborne Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Osborne Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Weardale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Priory Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Priory Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Priory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dowbeck Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Crummock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kenmount Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langdale Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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