Total Crime Rate

72.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

59.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 72.4 6/10
  • Violent crimes 59.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Public order 6.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rawlinson 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.

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Crime Over Time in Rawlinson Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mercer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smeaton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mount Pleasant
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mount Pleasant
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Argyle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lonsdale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Albert Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Burglary Harrison Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Mercer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Harrison Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Harrison Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brown Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order School Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Talisman Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argyle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fenman Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fenman Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argyle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Mercer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Mercer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lumley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Penrith Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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