Total Crime Rate
286.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
135.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Paradise Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Barrow and Hindpool , and the 24th highest crime rate of 770 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Paradise Street (LA14 2HT) in the last 12 months was 286.0 per 1,000 residents and was 33.0% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 135.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Paradise Street (LA14 2HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 133 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (66 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 | Burlington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stark Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crellin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Arnside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crellin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | School Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harrison Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | James Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harrison Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harrison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnside Street | Under investigation |
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