Total Crime Rate

99.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.6 9/10
  • Other crime 13.3 10/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • 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

West Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Bulk , and the 153rd 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 West Road (LA1 5PG) in the last 12 months was 99.7 per 1,000 residents and was 17.4% lower than the Bulk average (120.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Road (LA1 5PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near West Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cypress Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in West Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Briery Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lime Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alder Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alder Court —
Sep 2025Other theft Abram Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cypress Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hutton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Larch Grove —
Sep 2025Drugs Laburnum Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windmill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lime Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atherton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beechfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Beechfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Charnley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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