Total Crime Rate
275.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
117.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Baycliffe Crescent area has the 9th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bare , and the 30th highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Lancaster .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Baycliffe Crescent (LA4 4EQ) in the last 12 months was 275.9 per 1,000 residents and was 348.1% higher than the Bare average (61.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 117.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Baycliffe Crescent (LA4 4EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Bath Street. Police recorded 164 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Baycliffe Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West View Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bath Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bath Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bath Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Longmire Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kilnbank Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Skipton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acre Moss Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acre Moss Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baycliffe Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sanders Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sanders Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B5274 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B5274 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sanders Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West End Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West End Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West End Road | — |
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