Total Crime Rate
324.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
109.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stonewell area has the 6th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Bulk , and the 24th highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Lancaster .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stonewell (LA1 1NJ) in the last 12 months was 324.5 per 1,000 residents and was 204.6% higher than the Bulk average (106.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 109.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stonewell (LA1 1NJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 241 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Calkeld Lane (84 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lancaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Anne'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosemary Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosemary Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gage Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gage Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rosemary Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rosemary Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lucy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Bus Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lucy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
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