Total Crime Rate
163.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
104.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alexandra Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Heysham Central , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Lancaster .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Alexandra Road (LA3 1RT) in the last 12 months was 163.6 per 1,000 residents and was 106.7% higher than the Heysham Central average (79.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 115.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 104.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 115.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alexandra Road (LA3 1RT), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Claremont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Myrtle Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Clarendon Road West | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarendon Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarendon Road West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Back Avondale Road (East) | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Avondale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yorkshire Street West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Regent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Road | Under investigation |
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