Whitehaven and Workington

England · E14001583

8,138 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, falling versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
8,138
Most common
Violence & sexual offences falling
3,812 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

783/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesfalling3,81246.8%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling86310.6%
Public orderfalling84110.3%
Anti-social behaviourfalling5887.2%
Other theftrising5126.3%
Shopliftingfalling4255.2%
Drugsfalling3143.9%
Other crimerising2483.0%
Burglaryfalling2092.6%
Vehicle crimefalling1521.9%
Possession of weaponsrising1071.3%
Bicycle theftfalling240.3%
Robbery unchanged230.3%
Theft from the personrising200.2%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.