Total Crime Rate
186.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
141.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Near Field Walk area has the 5th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Dalton North , and the 43rd 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 Near Field Walk (LA14 4TE) in the last 12 months was 186.9 per 1,000 residents and was 317.8% 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 12.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 141.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Near Field Walk (LA14 4TE), 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.
View Crime In Ormsgill and Parkside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Angle Meadow Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meetings View | 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 | Angle Meadow Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Long Croft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meetings View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meetings View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cocken Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meetings View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowerby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millstone Avenue | 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 | Drugs | Angle Meadow Lane | Under investigation |
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