Total Crime Rate

202.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 202.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.7 9/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Drugs 11.2 9/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle 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
  • 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

Scale Farm Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bare , and the 60th 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 Scale Farm Road (LA1 5JG) in the last 12 months was 202.3 per 1,000 residents and was 268.8% higher than the Bare average (54.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 78.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scale Farm Road (LA1 5JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brindle Mews (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Scale Farm Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Browsholme —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitendale —
Sep 2025Other theft Scale Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brennand Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Easington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brindle Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brindle Mews —
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Calder Way —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cleveleys Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Aire Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Browsholme —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Browsholme —
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Data Sources

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