Total Crime Rate

103.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

65.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 65.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.8 9/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sandscale Terrace area has the 9th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Dalton North , and the 104th 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 Sandscale Terrace (LA14 4DX) in the last 12 months was 103.8 per 1,000 residents and was 132.1% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -5.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 65.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandscale Terrace (LA14 4DX), the main crime hotspot is near Angle Meadow Lane. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sandscale Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Angle Meadow Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Angle Meadow Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Long Croft
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Long Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Middlefield Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Middlefield Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meetings View Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cocken Crescent
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meetings View Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meetings View Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Meetings View Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sowerby Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Angle Meadow Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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