Total Crime Rate
4.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tantabank area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Dalton South , and the 39th 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 Tantabank (LA15 8QD) in the last 12 months was 4.7 per 1,000 residents and was 89.4% lower than the Dalton South average (44.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tantabank (LA15 8QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Victoria Street, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dale Terrace (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dalton South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Terrace | Under investigation |
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