Total Crime Rate
203.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chatsworth Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Heysham Central , and the 59th highest crime rate of 477 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 Chatsworth Road (LA4 4JH) in the last 12 months was 203.5 per 1,000 residents and was 147.2% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 123.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chatsworth Road (LA4 4JH), 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 Heysham Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cedar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Claremont Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back West End Road North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Back West End Road North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back West End Road North | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Claremont Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Claremont Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clarendon Road East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Marine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Marine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Marine Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Yorkshire Street East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancashire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarendon Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lancashire Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Yorkshire Street West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cedar Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Yorkshire Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Yorkshire Street West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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