Total Crime Rate

374.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 374.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 200.7 10/10
  • Public order 57.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Drugs 17.0 9/10
  • Burglary 13.6 9/10
  • Other crime 13.6 10/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 6.8 8/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Waterside area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Kendal Highgate , and the 21st highest crime rate of 774 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waterside (LA9 4EU) in the last 12 months was 374.2 per 1,000 residents and was 415.5% 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 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 261.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterside (LA9 4EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Branthwaite Brow, 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.

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Crime Over Time in Waterside area

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Data Sources

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