Hawcoat and Newbarns
WardSouth west Westmorland and Furness. About 11,025 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 7.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 16% of people in Hawcoat and Newbarns live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Hawcoat and Newbarns compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hawcoat and Newbarns safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hawcoat and Newbarns at a rate of 61.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.6 per 1,000 people across Westmorland and Furness.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 83 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hawcoat and Newbarns.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (359), other crime (141) and criminal damage and arson (93).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Westmorland and Furness
These figures are published for the whole of Westmorland and Furness, not for each ward, so they describe all of Westmorland and Furness and not Hawcoat and Newbarns alone. See Westmorland and Furness
Hawcoat and Newbarns in brief
Hawcoat and Newbarns had 10,870 usual residents at the census.
About 16% of people in Hawcoat and Newbarns live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hawcoat and Newbarns, 86.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Hawcoat and Newbarns, 1.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.