Total Crime Rate
81.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Osborne Crescent area has the 9th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Heysham North , and the 180th highest crime rate of 475 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 Osborne Crescent (LA3 1SZ) in the last 12 months was 81.9 per 1,000 residents and was 38.7% lower than the Heysham North average (133.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Osborne Crescent (LA3 1SZ), the main crime hotspot is near Regent Road. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Regent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Road | — |
| 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 | Public order | Regent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Myrtle Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Balmoral Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckingham Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Buckingham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Balmoral Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clevelands Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
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