Total Crime Rate

106.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 106.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 39.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.8 6/10
  • Public order 14.2 8/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Firbank Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Bowerham , and the 134th highest crime rate of 475 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 Firbank Road (LA1 3HL) in the last 12 months was 106.4 per 1,000 residents and was 195.4% higher than the Bowerham average (36.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Firbank Road (LA1 3HL), the main crime hotspot is near Patterdale Road. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Firbank Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mardale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Patterdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Patterdale Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Patterdale Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Patterdale Road —
Apr 2026Other crime Ambleside Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lingmoor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lingmoor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bowness Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bowness Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ridge Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Riverview Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Dalton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Esthwaite Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Esthwaite Gardens —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Green Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Riverview Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Troutbeck Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Riverview Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Riverview Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Esthwaite Gardens —

Data Sources

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