Total Crime Rate

124.0 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 124.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.0 8/10
  • Burglary 16.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Trafalgar Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Bowerham , and the 122nd 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 Trafalgar Road (LA1 4DA) in the last 12 months was 124.0 per 1,000 residents and was 178.0% higher than the Bowerham average (44.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 64.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Trafalgar Road (LA1 4DA), 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 Trafalgar Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somerset Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Golgotha Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Havelock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosebery Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leinster Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kenilworth Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Palatine Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Adelphi Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greaves Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Trafalgar Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Oswald Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Oswald Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chester Place —
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Data Sources

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