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

Lindow 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 Lindow Street (LA1 1SB) 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 Lindow Street (LA1 1SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Street, where police recorded 175 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (69 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lindow Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting King Street Under investigation
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 Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Penny Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lucy Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Brock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Lindow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour China Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour China Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Portland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Portland Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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