Crime in CA28 8QS
How much crime is recorded in CA28 8QS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hensingham, Hillcrest & Aikbank
- Council
- Cumberland
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,290 (2024)
CA28 8QSWhitehaven
How safe is CA28 8QS
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 29.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CA28 8QS area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 23% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.