Total Crime Rate
13.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cowlarns Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 98 local areas in Hawcoat and Newbarns , and the 142nd lowest crime rate of 774 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cowlarns Road (LA14 4HH) in the last 12 months was 13.3 per 1,000 residents and was 72.2% lower than the Hawcoat and Newbarns average (47.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cowlarns Road (LA14 4HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Baldwin Street (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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