Crime Rates at Portland Street, Lancaster, LA1 1SZ

Portland Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Bulk , and the 183rd 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 Portland Street (LA1 1SZ) in the last 12 months was 87.9 per 1,000 residents and was 27.2% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 20.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Portland Street (LA1 1SZ), 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.