Total Crime Rate
8.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Park Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bowness and Lyth , and the 74th lowest crime rate of 774 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Park Road (LA23 2DJ) in the last 12 months was 8.0 per 1,000 residents and was 90.8% lower than the Bowness and Lyth average (87.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Road (LA23 2DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Droomer Drive, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Oak Street (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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