Total Crime Rate

128.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 128.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.8 10/10
  • Drugs 14.3 9/10
  • Other theft 14.3 9/10
  • Public order 4.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Yorkshire Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Heysham Central , and the 115th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Lancaster .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Yorkshire Street (LA3 1QE) in the last 12 months was 128.6 per 1,000 residents and was 56.1% higher than the Heysham Central average (82.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 38.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yorkshire Street (LA3 1QE), the main crime hotspot is near Regent Road. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Yorkshire Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Back West End Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Yorkshire Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chatsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cambridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Marlborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Marlborough Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Regent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Regent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Road
Sep 2025Other crime Westminster Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westminster Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Yorkshire Street West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back West End Road North
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grafton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westminster Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Avondale Road (East) Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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