Total Crime Rate

88.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 88.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Mortimer Grove area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Heysham Central , and the 181st 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 Mortimer Grove (LA3 2HW) in the last 12 months was 88.0 per 1,000 residents and was 6.9% higher than the Heysham Central average (82.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 15.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 32.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mortimer Grove (LA3 2HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingsway, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Littledale Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mortimer Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peplow Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Roeburndale Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gilstead Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gilstead Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gilstead Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gilstead Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gilstead Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gilstead Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastlands Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastlands —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Roeburndale Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willowfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Kingsway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsway —

Data Sources

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