Total Crime Rate
108.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Denmark Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Castle , and the 138th 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 Denmark Street (LA1 5LY) in the last 12 months was 108.1 per 1,000 residents and was 62.1% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Denmark Street (LA1 5LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maple Grove, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Willow Lane (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas More Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Johnson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Garfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gerrard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Thomas More Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | St Thomas More Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Coverdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kennedy Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Johnson Close | — |
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