Total Crime Rate
177.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lune Industrial Estate area has the 4th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Castle , and the 75th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Lancaster .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lune Industrial Estate (LA1 5FT) in the last 12 months was 177.2 per 1,000 residents and was 37.9% lower than the Castle average (285.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 44.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 134.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lune Industrial Estate (LA1 5FT), the main crime hotspot is near Fife Street. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fife Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fife Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Thomas More Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas More Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | St Thomas More Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fife Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fife Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fife Street | — |
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