Total Crime Rate
86.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thirlmere Drive area has the 7th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Heysham North , and the 172nd highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Lancaster .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thirlmere Drive (LA4 4NR) in the last 12 months was 86.1 per 1,000 residents and was 35.5% lower than the Heysham North average (133.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thirlmere Drive (LA4 4NR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tunstall Street, where police recorded 85 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tunstall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tunstall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Lines Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carleton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Essington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dennis Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dennis Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tunstall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Euston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Euston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Euston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Euston Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tunstall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tunstall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Euston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sanders Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellington Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Schola Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Schola Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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