Total Crime Rate
12.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Blackhall Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Kendal Highgate , and the 137th 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 Blackhall Road (LA9 4BW) in the last 12 months was 12.9 per 1,000 residents and was 82.2% lower than the Kendal Highgate average (72.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour 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 1 (≈ 6.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackhall Road (LA9 4BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Branthwaite Brow, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stricklandgate (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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