Crime in Kirkby Stephen
Recorded crime in Kirkby Stephen is 0.8 times the Westmorland and Furness average and 0.6 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has risen 18%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Kirkby Stephen: about 1,928 residents in 3 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 6/10Average crime
- Living
- 5.2/10Fair
- 5-year change
- +18%more crimes
- vs the council
- 0.8×the Westmorland and Furness average
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Kirkby Stephen.
Crime over 5 years
Up 18% in 5 years Recorded crimes within 1.5 km of Kirkby Stephen, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: 0.8× the Westmorland and Furness average (0.6× the England and Wales average). 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 67% of the harm here
- Burglary: 18% of the harm here
- Other theft: 4% of the harm here
"Violence and sexual offences" is 67% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.
Anti-social behaviour: 9 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crimes recorded in Westmorland and Furness (the whole partnership area)
April 2025 to March 2026, for the whole Westmorland and Furness partnership area, not only Kirkby Stephen. Figures for the Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland community safety partnerships, which together cover Westmorland and Furness. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 104 | 0.45 | Down 17% |
| Cars broken into | 115 | 0.50 | Down 28% |
| Vandalism (homes, other buildings and vehicles) | 950 | 4.1 | Down 9% |
| Burglary of homes | 215 | 0.93 | Up 26% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 0 | - | - |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare.
How often crimes lead to a charge in CA17
In CA17, the postcode district at the centre of Kirkby Stephen, 7% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%).
- Charged or summonsed
- Caution or other action
- Suspect found, not prosecuted
- No suspect identified
- Still open
Show as a table
| Type | Crimes | Charged or summonsed | Caution or other action | Suspect found, not prosecuted | No suspect identified | Still open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 95 | 4% | 3% | 67% | 4% | 21% |
Uses the latest outcome police have recorded so far. 20% of these crimes are still open, so the final figures may be a little higher.
Road collisions
Westmorland and Furness, 2023 to 2025: 404 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 137 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 37 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
1.8 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 34% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 0.0 |
| Burglary | 3.8 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 21.9 |
| Drugs | 1.0 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 0.5 |
| Other crime | 1.6 |
| Other theft | 4.2 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 1.9 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 9.0 |
| Public order | 6.1 |
| Bicycle theft | 0.2 |
| Shoplifting | 3.0 |
Postcode districts in Kirkby Stephen
Nearby towns
Council: Westmorland and Furness
Questions about crime in Kirkby Stephen
- Is Kirkby Stephen a safe place to live?
- Kirkby Stephen scores 6 out of 10 for safety (average crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is 0.8 times the Westmorland and Furness average.
- Is crime going up or down in Kirkby Stephen?
- Up 18% over 5 years, from 113 recorded crimes a year to 133.
- What is the most common crime in Kirkby Stephen?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 22 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How does crime in Kirkby Stephen compare with Westmorland and Furness?
- Crime severity in Kirkby Stephen is 0.8 times the Westmorland and Furness average.
- How often does crime lead to a charge in Kirkby Stephen?
- In CA17, the postcode district at the centre of Kirkby Stephen, 7% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%). 21% were closed without a suspect being identified.
- How many cars are stolen in Kirkby Stephen?
- In 2025/26, in the Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland partnership area, which includes Kirkby Stephen, the police recorded 104 cars stolen (April 2025 to March 2026), 0.5 per 1,000 residents, down 17% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Kirkby Stephen?
- 950 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in the Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland partnership area, which includes Kirkby Stephen, 4.1 per 1,000 residents, 0.9 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in Kirkby Stephen last year?
- No homicides (murder or manslaughter) were recorded in 2025/26, in the Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland partnership area, which includes Kirkby Stephen, against 5 the year before.