Crime Rates at Bowness Road, Lancaster, LA1 3HW

Bowness Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Bowerham , and the 96th 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 Bowness Road (LA1 3HW) in the last 12 months was 152.5 per 1,000 residents and was 241.9% higher than the Bowerham average (44.6 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -34.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 46.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowness Road (LA1 3HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ambleside Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Riverview Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.