Total Crime Rate
76.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aire Close area has the 41st highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bare , and the 199th 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 Aire Close (LA3 3SA) in the last 12 months was 76.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% higher than the Bare average (61.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aire Close (LA3 3SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hamilton Drive (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Scale Hall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winster Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scale Farm Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamilton Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leycester Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bela Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Calder Way | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycester Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Calder Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windholme | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kent Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hyndburn Close | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hodder Avenue | Under investigation |
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