Total Crime Rate
155.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Market Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Bulk , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 477 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 Market Street (LA1 1HS) in the last 12 months was 155.7 per 1,000 residents and was 29.0% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Market Street (LA1 1HS), 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 | Drugs | Lancaster Bus Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Bus Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lancaster Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lancaster Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Bus Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Bus Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Calkeld Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | — |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Victoria Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cable Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Water Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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