Total Crime Rate
539.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
227.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lonsdale Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Barrow and Hindpool , and the 9th highest crime rate of 770 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 539.5 per 1,000 residents and was 150.8% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 227.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.0% 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 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church 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 | Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albert Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harrison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harrison Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harrison Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | School Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mercer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mercer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mercer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mercer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lonsdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrith Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lumley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeaton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stark Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
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