Total Crime Rate
1881.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
837.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fisher Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Botcherby , and the 2nd 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 Fisher Street (CA3 8RR) in the last 12 months was 1881.6 per 1,000 residents and was 2497.4% higher than the Botcherby average (72.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 111 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 191 (≈ 837.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fisher Street (CA3 8RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Scotch Street, where police recorded 136 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Scotch Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scotch Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scotch Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scotch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scotch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Scotch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Scotch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Scotch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Scotch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Scotch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Scotch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Scotch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scotch Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peter Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Peter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Peter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Peter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Scotch Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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