Total Crime Rate
70.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grizedale Place area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Heysham Central , and the 213th highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Lancaster .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grizedale Place (LA3 2EU) in the last 12 months was 70.9 per 1,000 residents and was 10.4% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 47.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grizedale Place (LA3 2EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingsway, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Littledale Avenue (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Heysham Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Buckden Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roeburndale Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hale Carr Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hale Carr Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kingsway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Littledale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roeburndale Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarnbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arncliffe Road | Under investigation |
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