Total Crime Rate
117.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Collin Croft area has the 8th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Kendal Highgate , and the 89th highest crime rate of 770 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Collin Croft (LA9 4TH) in the last 12 months was 117.0 per 1,000 residents and was 58.0% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 81.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Collin Croft (LA9 4TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 89 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 | Drugs | East View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dowker'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Shambles | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stricklandgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Shambles | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stricklandgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stricklandgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stricklandgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Martindales Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Martindales Yard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maude Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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