Total Crime Rate
253.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
135.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crescent Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Bowness and Lyth , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 770 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 Crescent Road (LA23 1EA) in the last 12 months was 253.3 per 1,000 residents and was 218.4% higher than the Bowness and Lyth average (79.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 135.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crescent Road (LA23 1EA), the main crime hotspot is near Victoria Street. Police recorded 14 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oak Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woodland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Oak Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Oak Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tuchwud | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Broad Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Church Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellerthwaite Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellerthwaite Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Phoenix Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Main Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ellerthwaite Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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