Total Crime Rate

185.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 185.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.9 10/10
  • Drugs 24.8 10/10
  • Public order 24.8 10/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.2 3/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 6.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Burneside Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bowness and Lyth , and the 46th 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 Burneside Road (LA9 4RL) in the last 12 months was 185.8 per 1,000 residents and was 112.0% higher than the Bowness and Lyth average (87.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -47.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 105.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burneside Road (LA9 4RL), the main crime hotspot is near Stricklandgate. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Burneside Road area

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Data Sources

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