Total Crime Rate

94.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 94.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.5 8/10
  • Drugs 13.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Monksclose Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Castle , and the 196th highest crime rate of 917 local areas in Cumberland .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Monksclose Road (CA2 7BZ) in the last 12 months was 94.3 per 1,000 residents and was 64.3% lower than the Castle average (264.3 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 Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Monksclose Road (CA2 7BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Priory Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Monksclose Road area

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Data Sources

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