Total Crime Rate

89.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 89.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 4/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rectory Gardens area has the 6th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Ellel , and the 177th highest crime rate of 477 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 Rectory Gardens (LA2 0ED) in the last 12 months was 89.4 per 1,000 residents and was 89.2% higher than the Ellel average (47.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rectory Gardens (LA2 0ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Willey Lane, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Main Street (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rectory Gardens area

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Data Sources

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