Total Crime Rate

490.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

384.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 490.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 384.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 277.6 10/10
  • Public order 102.7 10/10
  • Drugs 30.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.6 8/10
  • Other theft 19.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 11.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Newtown Road area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Castle , and the 14th highest crime rate of 917 local areas in Cumberland .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Newtown Road (CA2 7JL) in the last 12 months was 490.5 per 1,000 residents and was 69.7% higher 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 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 101 (≈ 384.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newtown Road (CA2 7JL), the main crime hotspot is near Clift Street. Police recorded 129 crimes here, including 101 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Newtown Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/43)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Clift Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Howard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bower Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Clift Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clift Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clift Street —
Apr 2026Public order Clift Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bright Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Creighton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Cranbourne Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clift Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Cranbourne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Howard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bower Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clift Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newtown Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Clift Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clift Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clift Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clift Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clift Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clift Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Clift Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clift Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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