Total Crime Rate

141.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 141.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 40.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.2 10/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Dunlin Avenue area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Heysham Central , and the 106th 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 Dunlin Avenue (LA3 2SJ) in the last 12 months was 141.3 per 1,000 residents and was 71.5% higher than the Heysham Central average (82.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 1000.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 63.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 103.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunlin Avenue (LA3 2SJ), the main crime hotspot is near Dunlin Avenue. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dunlin Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunlin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Banks Crescent —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alan Grove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunlin Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swift Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Curlew Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Skylark Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Banks Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunlin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunlin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person A683 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunlin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunlin Avenue Local resolution
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Data Sources

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