Total Crime Rate
269.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Middleton Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Heysham Central , and the 40th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Lancaster .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Middleton Road (LA3 2SD) in the last 12 months was 269.5 per 1,000 residents and was 227.3% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 109.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 60.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middleton Road (LA3 2SD), 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.
View Crime In Heysham Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Westmoor Grove | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A683 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunlin Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Combermere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Combermere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Combermere Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunlin Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunlin Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunlin Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunlin Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oakville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunlin Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trumacar Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trumacar Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warren Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trumacar Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trumacar Lane | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmoor Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmoor Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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