Total Crime Rate
35.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hartington Street area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Old Barrow and Hindpool , and the 381st 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 Hartington Street (LA14 5SR) in the last 12 months was 35.4 per 1,000 residents and was 83.5% lower than the Old Barrow and Hindpool average (215.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 27.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hartington Street (LA14 5SR), the main crime hotspot is near Montague Street. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Old Barrow and Hindpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Goldsmith Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Raleigh Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coulton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coulton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vernon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dalkeith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalkeith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Vernon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dundonald Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whittaker Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittaker Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittaker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittaker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Montague Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dundonald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Goldsmith Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Goldsmith Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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