Total Crime Rate
107.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thames Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Walney Island , and the 100th 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 Thames Road (LA14 3LZ) in the last 12 months was 107.5 per 1,000 residents and was 153.9% higher than the Walney Island average (42.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 69.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thames Road (LA14 3LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Duddon Drive (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 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eamont Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southport Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tees Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mersey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eamont Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duddon Drive | Under investigation |
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