Crime Rates at Park Avenue, Barrow-in-furness, LA13 9BJ

Park Avenue area has the 25th highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Hawcoat and Newbarns , and the 141st highest crime rate of 774 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Park Avenue (LA13 9BJ) in the last 12 months was 83.9 per 1,000 residents and was 75.2% higher than the Hawcoat and Newbarns average (47.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Avenue (LA13 9BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Silverdale Street, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mercer Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.