Total Crime Rate

214.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 214.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 67.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.7 9/10
  • Other theft 33.6 10/10
  • Public order 26.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.4 8/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kelsick Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bowness and Lyth , and the 38th highest crime rate of 774 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kelsick Road (LA22 0BZ) in the last 12 months was 214.8 per 1,000 residents and was 145.1% higher than the Bowness and Lyth average (87.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 87.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kelsick Road (LA22 0BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cheapside, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near King Street (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kelsick Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Slack Under investigation
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Data Sources

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