Total Crime Rate

101.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.2 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 101.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 57.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.5 8/10
  • Drugs 13.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Dowbeck Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Castle , and the 162nd 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 Dowbeck Road (CA2 7BX) in the last 12 months was 101.0 per 1,000 residents and was 65.1% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 57.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dowbeck Road (CA2 7BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Priory Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Denton Holme

Crime Over Time in Dowbeck Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbots Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Osborne Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canal Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canal Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Canal Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Canal Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Canal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Canal Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborne Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Priory Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborne Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborne Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bassenthwaite Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bassenthwaite Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Weardale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Crummock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dowbeck Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Priory Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Silloth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Port Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Priory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Priory Road Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.