Crime Statistics for Dragley Beck, South Lakeland, Cumbria, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Dragley Beck in August 2024. There were a total of 60 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Dragley Beck, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	30
Anti Social Behaviour	9
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Other Theft	3
Public Order	3
Vehicle Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Theft From The Person	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Other Crime	1
Shoplifting	1
All Crime	60

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Dragley Beck. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Dragley Beck

We've taken the ten nearest places to Dragley Beck and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Dragley Beck has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Ulverston (0.88 miles)	135
Newland (1.39 miles)	108
South Ulverston (0.88 miles)	62
Dragley Beck	60
Mansriggs (1.86 miles)	39
Sandside (0.62 miles)	29
Croftlands (0.88 miles)	12
Rowe Head (1.86 miles)	10
Pennington (1.86 miles)	10
Canal Foot (1.24 miles)	4

Where are the most violent places near Dragley Beck?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Dragley Beck and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Newland	111
Ulverston	75
South Ulverston	32
Dragley Beck	30
Mansriggs	22
Sandside	16
Croftlands	10
Rowe Head	3
Pennington	3
Canal Foot	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Dragley Beck?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Dragley Beck to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Dragley Beck compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Dragley Beck and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Dragley Beck is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Risedale	51
2	Parkside	49
3	Newbarns	31
4	Dalton South	18
5	Ulverston East	16
6	Roosecote	13
7	Dalton North	11
8	Hawcoat	8
9	Ulverston West	8
10	Broughton & Coniston	3
11	Furness Peninsula	0

Which road in Dragley Beck has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Dragley Beck with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.