Total Crime Rate
24.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cloisters Avenue area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Hawcoat and Newbarns , and the 279th lowest crime rate of 770 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .
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 Cloisters Avenue (LA13 0BB) in the last 12 months was 24.6 per 1,000 residents and was 52.3% lower than the Hawcoat and Newbarns average (51.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cloisters Avenue (LA13 0BB), the main crime hotspot is near Gleaston Avenue. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Risedale and Roosecote| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Brow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newton Brow | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newton Brow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newton Brow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bay View Grove | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flass Meadows | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newton Brow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Urswick Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Boonwell Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boonwell Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gleaston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbotsmead Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bardsea Road | Under investigation |
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