Total Crime Rate
461.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Phoenix 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 Phoenix Street (LA1 1DD) 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 Phoenix Street (LA1 1DD), 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 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cable Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cable Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cable Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cable Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cable Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parliament Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parliament Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parliament Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parliament Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Phoenix Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dye House Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dye House Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bryer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Calkeld Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
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