Total Crime Rate
94.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Winster Park area has the 36th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bare , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Lancaster .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Winster Park (LA1 5TH) in the last 12 months was 94.9 per 1,000 residents and was 54.1% higher than the Bare average (61.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 59.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Winster Park (LA1 5TH), 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.
View Crime In Lancaster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brindle Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Calder Way | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Browsholme | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Browsholme | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycester Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leycester Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scale Farm Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Browsholme | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winster Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windholme | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamilton Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bela Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Calder Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveleys Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brindle Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hodder Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doris Henderson Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Doris Henderson Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brindle Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lymm Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brindle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brennand Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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