Total Crime Rate

105.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 105.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Other theft 11.3 8/10
  • Other crime 7.6 8/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

William Morris Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Cleator Moor East and Frizington , and the 166th 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 William Morris Avenue (CA25 5DS) in the last 12 months was 105.7 per 1,000 residents and was 61.0% higher than the Cleator Moor East and Frizington average (65.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 67.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around William Morris Avenue (CA25 5DS), the main crime hotspot is near Keir Hardie Avenue. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in William Morris Avenue area

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Data Sources

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