Total Crime Rate
13.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Richmond Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Millom , and the 139th lowest crime rate of 917 local areas in Cumberland .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Richmond Street (LA18 4LQ) in the last 12 months was 13.4 per 1,000 residents and was 64.8% lower than the Millom average (38.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Richmond Street (LA18 4LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rottington Road, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newton Street (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Millom| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Argyle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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