Total Crime Rate

318.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 318.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 193.8 10/10
  • Public order 75.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • 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
  • 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

Lesh Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Hawcoat and Newbarns , and the 25th 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 Lesh Lane (LA13 9ED) in the last 12 months was 318.8 per 1,000 residents and was 565.6% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 268.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lesh Lane (LA13 9ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newbarns Court, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ewan Close (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lesh Lane area

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Data Sources

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