Total Crime Rate
192.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hala Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Bowerham , and the 66th 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 Hala Road (LA1 4QN) in the last 12 months was 192.2 per 1,000 residents and was 330.9% 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 21 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 ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 62.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hala Road (LA1 4QN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hala Square (13 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 | Lentworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lentworth Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gregory'S Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hala Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Appletree Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Appletree Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Appletree Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hala Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Appletree Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Appletree Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cockersand Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockersand Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lentworth Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hala Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bentham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lentworth Drive | — |
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