Total Crime Rate
159.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mears Beck Close area has the 21st highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Heysham Central , and the 88th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Lancaster .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mears Beck Close (LA3 1FS) in the last 12 months was 159.9 per 1,000 residents and was 94.1% higher than the Heysham Central average (82.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (β 49.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mears Beck Close (LA3 1FS), 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 Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mears Beck Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Halden Road | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandylands Promenade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlborough Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brunswick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westminster Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St John'S Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandylands Promenade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hampton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Halden Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlborough Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mears Beck Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cavendish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dalton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cavendish Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
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