Total Crime Rate
61.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Strathmore Avenue area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Barrow and Hindpool , and the 212th 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 Strathmore Avenue (LA14 3DH) in the last 12 months was 61.8 per 1,000 residents and was 71.3% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 30.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Strathmore Avenue (LA14 3DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Amphitrite Street, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cardiff Street (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walney Island| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hastings Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cote Ley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardiff Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverpool Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hastings Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bristol Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristol Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vengeance Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ramsgate Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ramsgate Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ocean Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hastings Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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