Total Crime Rate
412.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
150.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brow Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Bulk , and the 15th highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Lancaster .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brow Lane (LA1 1BN) in the last 12 months was 412.3 per 1,000 residents and was 287.1% 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 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 36.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 95 (≈ 150.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brow Lane (LA1 1BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 241 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Calkeld Lane (84 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lancaster Bus Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lancaster Bus Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Middle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fenton Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fenton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fenton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Calkeld Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calkeld Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
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