Total Crime Rate
269.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
215.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clifford Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Barrow and Hindpool , and the 29th highest crime rate of 770 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Clifford Street (LA14 2NJ) in the last 12 months was 269.1 per 1,000 residents and was 25.1% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 215.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clifford Street (LA14 2NJ), the main crime hotspot is near William Street. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Old Barrow and Hindpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grange Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Collingwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Montague Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coulton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coulton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Montague Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dundonald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dundonald Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dundonald Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keith Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Vernon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vernon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dalkeith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalkeith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Under investigation |
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