Total Crime Rate

548.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 548.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 181.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 167.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 55.8 10/10
  • Public order 27.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.3 8/10
  • Other theft 23.3 10/10
  • Other crime 18.6 10/10
  • Burglary 14.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.0 10/10
  • Drugs 9.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 7/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Lonsdale Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Barrow and Hindpool , and the 8th highest crime rate of 774 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lonsdale Street (LA14 2FH) in the last 12 months was 548.8 per 1,000 residents and was 145.4% higher 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 Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 214.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lonsdale Street (LA14 2FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stark Street, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lonsdale Street area

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Data Sources

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