Total Crime Rate

323.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 323.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 160.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 39.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 32.0 7/10
  • Other theft 24.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.4 5/10
  • Drugs 10.7 8/10
  • Public order 10.7 7/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Ashton Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Scale Hall , and the 29th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Lancaster .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashton Drive (LA1 2LQ) in the last 12 months was 323.8 per 1,000 residents and was 166.4% higher than the Scale Hall average (121.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 35.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashton Drive (LA1 2LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ravens Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ashton Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Myndon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
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 2025Anti-social behaviour Myndon Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Myndon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashton Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashton Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lindeth Gardens —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lindeth Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ravens Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ravens Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ravens Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ravens Close —
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Data Sources

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