Total Crime Rate
356.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
200.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rawlinson Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Barrow and Hindpool , and the 21st highest crime rate of 770 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rawlinson Street (LA14 1DQ) in the last 12 months was 356.3 per 1,000 residents and was 65.6% higher than the Old Barrow and Hindpool average (215.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 200.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rawlinson Street (LA14 1DQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 211 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (104 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Old Barrow and Hindpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Manchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mcclean Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crellin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Manchester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Manchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crellin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Arnside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silverdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mcclean Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barrow-In-Furness | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carlisle Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Street | Under investigation |
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