Total Crime Rate
21.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chatsworth Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Dalton North , and the 240th 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 Chatsworth Street (LA14 5TP) in the last 12 months was 21.7 per 1,000 residents and was 51.4% lower than the Dalton North average (44.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chatsworth Street (LA14 5TP), the main crime hotspot is near Steel Street. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 18 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Steel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Osborne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cowper Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calcutta Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mcclintock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Steel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Steel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clive Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Steel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St James Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Steel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Osborne Street | Under investigation |
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