Total Crime Rate

86.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 86.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.7 10/10
  • Burglary 10.3 9/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Gloucester Avenue area has the 21st highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Bowerham , and the 188th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Lancaster .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gloucester Avenue (LA1 4EF) in the last 12 months was 86.2 per 1,000 residents and was 93.3% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gloucester Avenue (LA1 4EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wakefield Drive, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gregory'S Court (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gloucester Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lentworth Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wakefield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wakefield Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Palatine Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lentworth Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gregory'S Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Addle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wakefield Drive —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lentworth Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lentworth Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cheltenham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chester Place —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lentworth Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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