Total Crime Rate
3.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Monks Brow area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Hawcoat and Newbarns , and the 13th 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 Monks Brow (LA13 9PL) in the last 12 months was 3.4 per 1,000 residents and was 93.5% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Monks Brow (LA13 9PL), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Newton Brow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gleaston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Luke'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Place | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Urswick Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chichester Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newton Brow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newton Brow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bay View Grove | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Brow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newton Brow | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxen Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bardsea Road | Under investigation |
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