Total Crime Rate

129.5 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 129.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • 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

Balmoral Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Heysham North , and the 113th 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 Balmoral Road (LA3 1SS) in the last 12 months was 129.5 per 1,000 residents and was 16.7% lower than the Heysham North average (155.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 88.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 171.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Balmoral Road (LA3 1SS), 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 Balmoral Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claremont Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancashire Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lake Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lake Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Westminster Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lancashire Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Lancashire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancashire Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Yorkshire Street East Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Claremont Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claremont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Claremont Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Claremont Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Claremont Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chatsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Regent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Regent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grafton Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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