Total Crime Rate
92.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gringley Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Westgate , and the 159th highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Lancaster .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gringley Road (LA4 4SE) in the last 12 months was 92.4 per 1,000 residents and was 33.0% lower than the Westgate average (138.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 42.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gringley Road (LA4 4SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Helmside Avenue, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broughton Grove (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birklands Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wiseman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wiseman Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Altham Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rysdale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rysdale Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rysdale Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hayfell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ogg'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Ruslands Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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