Total Crime Rate

216.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 216.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 91.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 40.4 8/10
  • Other theft 29.4 10/10
  • Public order 18.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Kirkstone Mews area has the highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Kendal Castle , and the 37th 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 Kirkstone Mews (LA9 7JX) in the last 12 months was 216.9 per 1,000 residents and was 958.6% higher than the Kendal Castle average (20.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 114.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kirkstone Mews (LA9 7JX), the main crime hotspot is near Aspen Close. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kirkstone Mews area

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Data Sources

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