Total Crime Rate

495.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

193.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 495.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 193.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 184.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 150.9 10/10
  • Other theft 51.9 10/10
  • Public order 37.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 23.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Drugs 14.2 9/10
  • Other crime 9.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Regent Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Heysham Central , and the 12th 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 Regent Road (LA3 1AF) in the last 12 months was 495.3 per 1,000 residents and was 525.9% higher than the Heysham Central average (79.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 193.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Regent Road (LA3 1AF), the main crime hotspot is near Cedar Street. Police recorded 102 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Regent Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cedar Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cedar Street
Apr 2026Public order Claremont Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Cedar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Claremont Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Clevelands Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cedar Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Cedar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cedar Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cedar Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cedar Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cedar Street
Apr 2026Other crime Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Balmoral Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Balmoral Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lake Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lake Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lake Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Grove Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Regent Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Regent Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Regent Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Regent Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.