Total Crime Rate

117.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 117.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 6.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Holly Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bowness and Lyth , and the 86th 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 Holly Road (LA23 2AF) in the last 12 months was 117.7 per 1,000 residents and was 34.2% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holly Road (LA23 2AF), 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 Holly Road area

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Data Sources

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