Total Crime Rate

45.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 45.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.8 7/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.1 2/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Greaves Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Bowerham , and the 163rd lowest crime rate of 477 local areas in Lancaster .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Greaves Road (LA1 4UW) in the last 12 months was 45.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2.5% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Greaves Road (LA1 4UW), 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 Greaves Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Cheltenham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Pointer Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Gillow Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Percy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Railway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Trafalgar Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holden Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pickard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hastings Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Pointer —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holden Way —
Sep 2025Burglary Gillow Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeching Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Princess Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greaves Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pointer Court —
Sep 2025Public order Pointer Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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