Total Crime Rate

130.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 130.7 8/10
  • Burglary 35.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.1 8/10
  • Other theft 20.1 10/10
  • Drugs 15.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Adelphi Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Bowerham , and the 111th 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 Adelphi Street (LA1 4AF) in the last 12 months was 130.7 per 1,000 residents and was 192.9% higher than the Bowerham average (44.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 7 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). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 15.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 38.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Adelphi Street (LA1 4AF), the main crime hotspot is near Trafalgar Road. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Adelphi Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Coulston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leinster Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Havelock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kenilworth Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Golgotha Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Oswald Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosebery Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Oswald Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Trafalgar Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somerset Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Adelphi Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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