Total Crime Rate
67.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coverdale Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Castle , and the 236th highest crime rate of 477 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 Coverdale Road (LA1 5PY) in the last 12 months was 67.7 per 1,000 residents and was 76.3% lower than the Castle average (285.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coverdale Road (LA1 5PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Willow Lane, where police recorded 19 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.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Thomas More Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gerrard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas More Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | St Thomas More Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Larch Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beechfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beechfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cypress Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alder Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lime Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lime Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Coverdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Garfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Johnson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Johnson Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Laburnum Grove | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Street | Under investigation |
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