Total Crime Rate

319.6 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 319.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 146.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 50.2 10/10
  • Public order 36.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.8 8/10
  • Other theft 18.3 9/10
  • Burglary 13.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 13.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.6 7/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lake Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bowness and Lyth , and the 24th highest crime rate of 774 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lake Road (LA23 3BT) in the last 12 months was 319.6 per 1,000 residents and was 264.7% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 182.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 73.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lake Road (LA23 3BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Martin'S Place, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Robinson Place (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lake Road area

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Data Sources

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