Total Crime Rate

309.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 309.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 157.0 10/10
  • Public order 49.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 28.9 7/10
  • Other crime 20.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.3 9/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Lancaster Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Hawcoat and Newbarns , and the 26th highest crime rate of 774 local areas in Westmorland and Furness .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lancaster Street (LA14 5HX) in the last 12 months was 309.9 per 1,000 residents and was 547.1% higher than the Hawcoat and Newbarns average (47.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 8.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 206.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lancaster Street (LA14 5HX), the main crime hotspot is near Stafford Street. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lancaster Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stafford Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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