Total Crime Rate
269.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
215.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Duke Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Barrow and Hindpool , and the 29th highest crime rate of 770 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 Duke Street (LA14 1LR) in the last 12 months was 269.1 per 1,000 residents and was 25.1% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 215.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Duke Street (LA14 1LR), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 112 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Old Barrow and Hindpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalkeith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whittaker Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittaker Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittaker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grange Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dalkeith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Crescent | 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 | Whittaker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whittaker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | William Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | William Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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