Total Crime Rate

129.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 129.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.1 7/10
  • Burglary 12.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Middle Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Bulk , and the 114th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Lancaster .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Middle Street (LA1 1JZ) in the last 12 months was 129.0 per 1,000 residents and was 6.9% higher than the Bulk average (120.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 71.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middle Street (LA1 1JZ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Middle Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penny Street
Sep 2025Burglary Penny Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Penny Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Penny Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Penny Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons St John'S Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penny Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lancaster Bus Station
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lancaster Bus Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Henry Street

Data Sources

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