Total Crime Rate

460.7 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 460.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 257.1 10/10
  • Public order 50.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 39.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.6 9/10
  • Drugs 21.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 17.9 6/10
  • Other theft 14.3 9/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.1 9/10
  • Robbery 7.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • 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

Shap Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bowness and Lyth , and the 14th 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 Shap Road (LA9 6BZ) in the last 12 months was 460.7 per 1,000 residents and was 425.7% 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 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 90 (≈ 321.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shap Road (LA9 6BZ), the main crime hotspot is near Drysalters Yard. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shap Road area

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Data Sources

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