Crime Rates at Dowkers Lane, Kendal, LA9 4DN

Dowkers Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Kendal Highgate , and the 115th highest crime rate of 774 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dowkers Lane (LA9 4DN) in the last 12 months was 95.1 per 1,000 residents and was 31.0% higher than the Kendal Highgate average (72.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 60.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dowkers Lane (LA9 4DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kirkland (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.