Crime Rate in Castle, ward

Castle has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 wards in Lancaster district and the 167th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 18th highest crime rate of 789 wards.

The overall crime rate in Castle in the last 12 months was 247.7 per 1,000 residents and was 151.7% higher than the Lancaster district average (98.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Castle’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 593 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 13 cases , down -27.8% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 8.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -27.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 797 (≈ 93.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Castle ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 241 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Calkeld Lane (84 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.