Total Crime Rate

160.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 160.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 60.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.0 9/10
  • Drugs 13.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Winster Walk area has the 24th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bare , and the 75th highest crime rate of 475 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 Winster Walk (LA1 5TF) in the last 12 months was 160.0 per 1,000 residents and was 159.9% higher than the Bare average (61.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 80.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 60.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Winster Walk (LA1 5TF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hamilton Drive (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Winster Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hyndburn Close Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brennand Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Browsholme
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Winster Park
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Windholme Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Browsholme
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hamilton Drive
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Browsholme Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bela Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Calder Way Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Drugs Calder Way Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Leycester Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leycester Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cleveleys Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brindle Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Brindle Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brindle Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Doris Henderson Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hodder Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Doris Henderson Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Scale Farm Road

Data Sources

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