Total Crime Rate

60.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

30.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 60.6 6/10
  • Violent crimes 30.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Other crime 11.4 10/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Milton Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Egremont , and the 324th 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 Milton Road (CA22 2HD) in the last 12 months was 60.6 per 1,000 residents and was 16.0% lower than the Egremont average (72.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Milton Road (CA22 2HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spenser Close, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Crescent (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Milton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mansion Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smithfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Dryden Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Spenser Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spenser Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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