Total Crime Rate
843.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
594.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Buccleuch Street area has the highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Barrow and Hindpool , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 770 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Buccleuch Street (LA14 1QP) in the last 12 months was 843.4 per 1,000 residents and was 292.0% 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 124 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 148 (≈ 594.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buccleuch Street (LA14 1QP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 219 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (112 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Crellin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whittaker Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Manchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Manchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehead Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittaker Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
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