Total Crime Rate
200.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fairfield Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Heysham North , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Lancaster .
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 Fairfield Road (LA3 1ES) in the last 12 months was 200.8 per 1,000 residents and was 29.1% higher than the Heysham North average (155.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (β 80.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairfield Road (LA3 1ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heysham Road, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cavendish Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Heysham North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mears Beck Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hampton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westminster Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St John'S Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cavendish Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norton Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cavendish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mears Beck Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mears Beck Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mears Beck Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grays Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norton Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heysham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heysham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cavendish Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlborough Road | β |
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