Total Crime Rate
263.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
157.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hazel Gill area has the 4th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Dalton North , and the 31st 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 Hazel Gill (LA14 4BD) in the last 12 months was 263.2 per 1,000 residents and was 488.3% higher than the Dalton North average (44.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 157.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hazel Gill (LA14 4BD), the main crime hotspot is near Broad Close. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ormsgill and Parkside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormsgill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Millstone Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Millstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Morecambe Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leeds Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Long Croft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlefield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlefield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Low White Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Low White Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millstone Avenue | Under investigation |
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