Total Crime Rate
140.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fenton Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Bulk , and the 89th highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Lancaster .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fenton Street (LA1 1AA) in the last 12 months was 140.7 per 1,000 residents and was 32.1% higher than the Bulk average (106.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 32.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fenton Street (LA1 1AA), the main crime hotspot is near Calkeld Lane. Police recorded 187 crimes here, including 84 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lancaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wheatfield Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calkeld Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Calkeld Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calkeld Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calkeld Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calkeld Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calkeld Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calkeld Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Calkeld Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Calkeld Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Calkeld Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Calkeld Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Calkeld Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Calkeld Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Calkeld Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calkeld Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fenton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calkeld Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calkeld Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Portland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fenton Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blades Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Portland Street | Under investigation |
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