Total Crime Rate
419.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Market Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Bulk , and the 18th 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 Market Street (LA1 1HP) in the last 12 months was 419.3 per 1,000 residents and was 247.5% higher than the Bulk average (120.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (β 133.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Market Street (LA1 1HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 246 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 | Water Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cable Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cable Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fenton Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fenton Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fenton Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cable Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Mary'S Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Meeting House Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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