Total Crime Rate

87.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.1 7/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Newby Drive area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Scale Hall , and the 182nd highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Lancaster .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Newby Drive (LA1 2HY) in the last 12 months was 87.9 per 1,000 residents and was 27.7% lower than the Scale Hall average (121.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 51.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newby Drive (LA1 2HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tall Trees, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Buller Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Newby Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bank Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ashbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Baker Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Baker Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baker Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashbourne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Myndon Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Myndon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Myndon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tall Trees Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Road —
Sep 2025Public order Buller Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Tall Trees Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lindeth Gardens —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lindeth Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tall Trees Under investigation
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Data Sources

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