Total Crime Rate
179.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marlborough Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Heysham Central , and the 58th 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 Marlborough Road (LA3 1TB) in the last 12 months was 179.6 per 1,000 residents and was 127.0% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 72.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marlborough Road (LA3 1TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cavendish 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 | Back Winterdyne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yorkshire Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Winterdyne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | King'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yorkshire Street West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | King'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandylands Promenade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandylands Promenade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grafton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Heysham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gardner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westminster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gardner Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cavendish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cavendish Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marlborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grafton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marlborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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