Total Crime Rate

117.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 117.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.6 7/10
  • Public order 19.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.0 6/10
  • Other theft 13.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 6.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Ward Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Houghton and Irthington , and the 143rd highest crime rate of 917 local areas in Cumberland .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ward Street (CA6 5NP) in the last 12 months was 117.3 per 1,000 residents and was 464.0% higher than the Houghton and Irthington average (20.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ward Street (CA6 5NP), the main crime hotspot is near Swan Street. Police recorded 12 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ward Street area

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Data Sources

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