Total Crime Rate

179.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 179.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 89.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.2 10/10
  • Drugs 16.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.6 8/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bower Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Belle Vue , and the 68th 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 Bower Street (CA2 7DF) in the last 12 months was 179.4 per 1,000 residents and was 169.2% higher than the Belle Vue average (66.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bower Street (CA2 7DF), the main crime hotspot is near Clift Street. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 78 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bower Street area

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Data Sources

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