Total Crime Rate
72.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rawlinson Street area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Barrow and Hindpool , and the 172nd highest crime rate of 770 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rawlinson Street (LA14 2DS) in the last 12 months was 72.4 per 1,000 residents and was 66.4% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 125.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 59.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rawlinson Street (LA14 2DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Street, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brown Street (15 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 | Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mercer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeaton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Argyle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lonsdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albert Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harrison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mercer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harrison Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harrison Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | School Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Talisman Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mercer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mercer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lumley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrith Place | Under investigation |
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