Crime Rates at High Street, Barrow-in-furness, LA14 1SW

High 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 High Street (LA14 1SW) 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 High Street (LA14 1SW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.