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Overview of South Lakeland crime rate

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South Lakeland is characterized by a low crime rating, ranking 21st among 25 nearby districts. The area recorded 6,106 incidents in 2023, within a population of 104,450, leading to a crime rate of 58.46 per 1,000 people, a decrease of 8.1% from the previous year.

Frequent crime types in South Lakeland include Violence and sexual offences (40.7%), Anti-social behaviour (11.5%), Criminal damage and arson (9.9%), with the least common being Bicycle theft (0.6%), Robbery (0.4%), Theft from the person (0.3%).

The area is divided into 17 wards, with Kendal Strickland and Fell (139.2), Bowness and Lyth (99.8), Ulverston (89.6) reporting the highest crime rates, whereas Burton and Holme (29.6), Low Furness (28.6), High Furness (25.5) are the safest.

Postcode districts within or overlapping with South Lakeland show LA23 (87.8), LA9 (74.7), LA12 (69.7) as higher crime areas, while LA16 (29.9), LA20 (27.5), LA17 (19.0) emerge as the safest.

In South Lakeland, there have been noticeable changes in crime rates over the recent years. The types of crime that have seen an increase include Anti-social behaviour with a rate change of 9.66 in 2020, and Violence and sexual offences with a rate change of 5.07 in 2022. Conversely, there was a decrease in Anti-social behaviour with rate changes of -4.26 in 2021 and -6.87 in 2022, Other theft saw a rate change of -1.78 in 2020, Public order saw a rate change of -1.68 in 2023, Shoplifting saw a rate change of -1.71 in 2020, and Violence and sexual offences saw rate changes of -2.2 in 2020 and -2.61 in 2023.

South Lakeland crime incidents by crime type

A total of 6106 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 2488 (40.7)%
Anti-social behaviour – 704 (11.5)%
Criminal damage and arson – 602 (9.9)%
Other theft – 566 (9.3)%
Public order – 518 (8.5)%
Drugs – 300 (4.9)%
Shoplifting – 266 (4.4)%
Burglary – 257 (4.2)%
Vehicle crime – 125 (2.0)%
Other crime – 109 (1.8)%
Possession of weapons – 94 (1.5)%
Bicycle theft – 38 (0.6)%
Robbery – 23 (0.4)%
Theft from the person – 16 (0.3)%

How does South Lakeland compare against nearby areas ?

South Lakeland ranks 21st when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

Heat map for all nearby areas South Lakeland is compared against

Crime rates in South Lakeland wards

There are 17 wards within South Lakeland. Kendal Strickland and Fell, Bowness and Lyth, Ulverston has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 17 wards from high crime rate to low.