Total Crime Rate
10.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Skelwith Drive area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 98 local areas in Hawcoat and Newbarns , and the 102nd 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 Skelwith Drive (LA14 4PG) in the last 12 months was 10.4 per 1,000 residents and was 78.4% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , 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 2 (≈ 10.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Skelwith Drive (LA14 4PG), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 93 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
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