Total Crime Rate

150.0 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 150.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.0 10/10
  • Public order 23.3 9/10
  • Other theft 16.7 9/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.7 8/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Kirkbarrow area has the 5th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Kendal Highgate , and the 61st 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 Kirkbarrow (LA9 5DD) in the last 12 months was 150.0 per 1,000 residents and was 106.7% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -55.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 70.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 228.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kirkbarrow (LA9 5DD), the main crime hotspot is near Kirkland. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kirkbarrow area

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Data Sources

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