Total Crime Rate

309.1 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 309.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.9 9/10
  • Public order 40.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 36.4 8/10
  • Drugs 27.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.2 9/10
  • Other theft 18.2 9/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Theft from the person 9.1 8/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 4th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Kendal Highgate , and the 27th 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 4EX) in the last 12 months was 309.1 per 1,000 residents and was 325.9% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 145.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterside (LA9 4EX), 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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