Total Crime Rate
130.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bowland Drive area has the 27th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bare , and the 110th highest crime rate of 477 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 Bowland Drive (LA1 2PY) in the last 12 months was 130.7 per 1,000 residents and was 138.3% higher than the Bare average (54.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bowland Drive (LA1 2PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Raygill Place, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Austwick Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bare| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingleborough Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Torrisholme Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Torrisholme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingleborough Road | Local resolution |
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