Total Crime Rate

40.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 40.0 4/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Belle Vue Avenue area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Bowerham , and the 136th lowest 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 Belle Vue Avenue (LA1 4DD) in the last 12 months was 40.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.3% lower than the Bowerham average (44.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Belle Vue Avenue (LA1 4DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hastings Road, where police recorded 28 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.

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Crime Over Time in Belle Vue Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Palatine Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Cheltenham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somerset Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pickard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hastings Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Trafalgar Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosebery Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greaves Road —
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Data Sources

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