Total Crime Rate
495.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
193.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chatsworth 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 Chatsworth Road (LA3 1BJ) 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 Chatsworth Road (LA3 1BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Regent Road, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clarendon Road West (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Claremont Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back West End Road North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Balmoral Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clevelands Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Claremont Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Claremont Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Regent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Claremont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Highfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highfield Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lake Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
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