Total Crime Rate
92.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bath Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Barrow and Hindpool , and the 121st highest crime rate of 770 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bath Street (LA14 1LZ) in the last 12 months was 92.3 per 1,000 residents and was 57.1% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 61.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bath Street (LA14 1LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near William Street (46 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 | Other theft | William Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalkeith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dalkeith 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 | Coulton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coulton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Montague Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittaker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whittaker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | 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 |
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