Total Crime Rate

388.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 388.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 122.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 113.5 10/10
  • Public order 43.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.2 10/10
  • Other theft 17.5 9/10
  • Burglary 8.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Cross Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bowness and Lyth , and the 19th 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 Cross Street (LA23 1AE) in the last 12 months was 388.7 per 1,000 residents and was 343.5% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 161.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cross Street (LA23 1AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cross Street, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cross Street area

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Data Sources

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