Total Crime Rate
461.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Parliament Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Bulk , and the 15th highest crime rate of 477 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 Parliament Street (LA1 1DB) in the last 12 months was 461.3 per 1,000 residents and was 282.3% higher than the Bulk average (120.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 106 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 92 (≈ 145.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parliament Street (LA1 1DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 279 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Calkeld Lane (102 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bulk| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parliament Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parliament Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parliament Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parliament Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Phoenix Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Anne'S Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hills Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hills Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hills Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hills Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Anne'S Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Anne'S Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Anne'S Place | Awaiting court outcome |
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