Total Crime Rate
125.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highgate area has the 7th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Kendal Highgate , and the 79th highest crime rate of 770 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 Highgate (LA9 4EN) in the last 12 months was 125.5 per 1,000 residents and was 69.4% higher than the Kendal Highgate average (74.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 79.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highgate (LA9 4EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Branthwaite Brow (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beast Banks | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Branthwaite Brow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kent Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kent Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Branthwaite Brow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Branthwaite Brow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Branthwaite Brow | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Branthwaite Brow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Branthwaite Brow | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bridge Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lowther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | A6 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A6 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kent Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkland | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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