Total Crime Rate
15.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bowerham Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Bowerham , and the 40th lowest crime rate of 477 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 Bowerham Road (LA1 4BS) in the last 12 months was 15.8 per 1,000 residents and was 64.6% lower than the Bowerham average (44.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (β 3.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bowerham Road (LA1 4BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Grove, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trafalgar Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bowerham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Oswald Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Prospect Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Golgotha Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Havelock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leinster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosebery Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerset Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Oswald Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trafalgar Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Adelphi Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Grove | β |
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