Total Crime Rate

158.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 158.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.6 10/10
  • Public order 17.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Burglary 9.0 8/10
  • Drugs 9.0 8/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wallace Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Dalton North , and the 57th highest crime rate of 774 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 Wallace Street (LA14 1SL) in the last 12 months was 158.2 per 1,000 residents and was 358.7% higher than the Dalton North average (34.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 101.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wallace Street (LA14 1SL), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 131 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wallace Street area

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Data Sources

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