Total Crime Rate

56.5 per 1,000 5/10 Β· Typical

All offences Β· 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 56.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Middleton Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Heysham Central , and the 204th lowest crime rate of 477 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 Middleton Road (LA3 2SA) in the last 12 months was 56.5 per 1,000 residents and was 31.4% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (β‰ˆ 21.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middleton Road (LA3 2SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Trumacar Lane, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Warren Grove (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Middleton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ripon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Banks Crescent β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunlin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunlin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunlin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunlin Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunlin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunlin Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alan Grove β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trumacar Lane β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Banks Crescent β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Combermere Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Curlew Grove β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person A683 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Combermere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Combermere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ripon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ripon Place β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heysham Hall Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heysham Hall Drive β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heath Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trumacar Lane Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trumacar Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Skylark Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trumacar Lane β€”
Sep 2025Public order Warren Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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