Total Crime Rate

243.4 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 243.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 46.5 8/10
  • Drugs 33.2 10/10
  • Public order 33.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.9 6/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

California Road area has the highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Belah , and the 43rd 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 California Road (CA3 0BY) in the last 12 months was 243.4 per 1,000 residents and was 428.2% higher than the Belah average (46.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 112.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around California Road (CA3 0BY), the main crime hotspot is near Garrett Way. Police recorded 6 crimes here, including 5 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in California Road area

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Data Sources

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