Total Crime Rate
3.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ritson Close area has the lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Belah , and the 15th lowest crime rate of 917 local areas in Cumberland .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ritson Close (CA3 0QD) in the last 12 months was 3.5 per 1,000 residents and was 92.5% lower 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ritson Close (CA3 0QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newfield Drive (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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