Total Crime Rate

175.0 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 175.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 54.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.0 8/10
  • Public order 20.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.7 7/10
  • Other theft 16.7 9/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Derry Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Barrow and Hindpool , and the 49th highest crime rate of 774 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Derry Street (LA14 2EF) in the last 12 months was 175.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.8% lower than the Old Barrow and Hindpool average (223.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 75.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Derry Street (LA14 2EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cross Street, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mardale Grove (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Derry Street area

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Data Sources

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