Total Crime Rate
63.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Georges Quay area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Bulk , and the 232nd highest crime rate of 475 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 St Georges Quay (LA1 5JU) in the last 12 months was 63.7 per 1,000 residents and was 40.2% lower than the Bulk average (106.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Georges Quay (LA1 5JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tarnsyke Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hindburn Place (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lancaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Summersgill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Quay | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charnley Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cypress Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cypress Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cypress Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cypress Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cypress Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cypress Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atherton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Meadow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Quay | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cypress Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raygill Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tarnsyke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tarnsyke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarnsyke Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Browgill Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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