Total Crime Rate

132.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 132.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.1 8/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Highgrove Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Heysham North , and the 108th 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 Highgrove Close (LA4 4NF) in the last 12 months was 132.9 per 1,000 residents and was 14.5% lower than the Heysham North average (155.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highgrove Close (LA4 4NF), the main crime hotspot is near Kilnbank Avenue. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Highgrove Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longmire Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs West End Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hutton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Baycliffe Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Baycliffe Crescent Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Baycliffe Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longmire Way
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Longmire Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Longmire Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Needham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Needham Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longmire Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sandringham Road
Sep 2025Other theft Bertram Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kilnbank Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sanders Grove
Sep 2025Public order Hutton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hutton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West End Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West End Road
Sep 2025Burglary B5274 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highgrove Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highgrove Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highgrove Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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