Total Crime Rate
21.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hibbert Road area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Hawcoat and Newbarns , and the 238th lowest crime rate of 770 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 Hibbert Road (LA14 5AE) in the last 12 months was 21.7 per 1,000 residents and was 58.1% lower than the Hawcoat and Newbarns average (51.6 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 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hibbert Road (LA14 5AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fenton Street (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ormsgill and Parkside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Emlyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emlyn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitehead Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ainslie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thwaite Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Westmorland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barrow-In-Furness | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehead Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carlisle Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cheltenham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fenton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cheltenham Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stafford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln Street | Under investigation |
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