Total Crime Rate

195.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 195.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 102.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.2 9/10
  • Public order 24.4 10/10
  • Burglary 9.8 8/10
  • Other crime 9.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

The Straits area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Aspatria , and the 58th 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 The Straits (CA7 9BH) in the last 12 months was 195.1 per 1,000 residents and was 306.2% higher than the Aspatria average (48.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 126.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Straits (CA7 9BH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Straits area

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Data Sources

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