Total Crime Rate

24.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

15.4 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 24.6 3/10
  • Violent crimes 15.4 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Friars Lane 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 Friars Lane (LA13 9NN) 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 Friars Lane (LA13 9NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Roose Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Provincial Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Friars Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newton Brow Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bardsea Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Newton Brow Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Newton Brow Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Longway —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Longway Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Luke'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bay View Grove Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westway Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Newton Brow Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newton Brow —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxen Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Urswick Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Boonwell Grove Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boonwell Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Luke'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Luke'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bolton Street Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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