Total Crime Rate
479.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025West End Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bare , and the 11th 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 West End Road (LA4 4DL) in the last 12 months was 479.6 per 1,000 residents and was 774.5% higher than the Bare average (54.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 126.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around West End Road (LA4 4DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cedar Street, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Regent Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bare| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back West End Road North | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Back West End Road North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back West End Road North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarendon Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Claremont Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clarendon Road East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Claremont Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Highfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Regent Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lancashire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancashire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancashire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Yorkshire Street East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Claremont Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chatsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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