Total Crime Rate

99.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 40.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Priory Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Ulverston , and the 107th highest crime rate of 774 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .

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 Priory Road (LA12 9HS) in the last 12 months was 99.4 per 1,000 residents and was 78.6% higher than the Ulverston average (55.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Road (LA12 9HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ullswater Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Priory Road area

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