Total Crime Rate

15.8 per 1,000 2/10 Β· Very Low

All offences Β· 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 15.8 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Bowerham 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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

Crime Over Time in Bowerham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Oswald Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Prospect Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Golgotha Road β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Havelock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leinster Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prospect Street β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosebery Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somerset Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Oswald Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kenilworth Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Trafalgar Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Grove β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Adelphi Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Grove β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Grove β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Grove β€”
Sep 2025Public order The Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Grove β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Grove β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Grove β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.