Total Crime Rate
41.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Netherfield Close area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Barrow and Hindpool , and the 337th highest crime rate of 770 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Netherfield Close (LA14 3EY) in the last 12 months was 41.5 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 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 11 (≈ 38.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Netherfield Close (LA14 3EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Amphitrite Street, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Himalaya Avenue (9 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 | Other crime | Oak Head Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cote Ley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Amphitrite Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Oak Head Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orion Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ocean Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverpool Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oak Head Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vengeance Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Himalaya Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oak Head Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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