Cleator Moor vs Whitehaven Town

Cleator Moor has a safety score of 10/100 (High Crime) and recorded 752 crimes in the last 12 months. Whitehaven Town has a safety score of 10/100 (High Crime) with 1,143 crimes. Both areas score equally on the safety index.

Cleator Moor shows a year-on-year crime trend of -17.3% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Whitehaven Town shows -14.1% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Cleator Moor, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (334 incidents). In Whitehaven Town, it is Violent Crime (526 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Cleator Moor recorded 59 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Whitehaven Town recorded 157. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Cleator Moor totalled 334 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 526 in Whitehaven Town. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Cleator Moor recorded 909 crimes (now 752, a change of -17.3%). Whitehaven Town recorded 1,331 crimes previously (now 1,143, -14.1%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Cleator Moor has a resolution rate of 0% and Whitehaven Town has 19.3%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Cleator Moor falls within the Cumbria Constabulary boundary. Whitehaven Town is covered by Cumbria Constabulary. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Cleator Moor and Whitehaven Town. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.