Total Crime Rate
80.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marine Road Central area has the 39th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bare , and the 190th highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Lancaster .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Marine Road Central (LA4 5AB) in the last 12 months was 80.2 per 1,000 residents and was 30.2% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marine Road Central (LA4 5AB), the main crime hotspot is near Morecambe Street West. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Morecambe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poulton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eidsforth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eidsforth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eidsforth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eidsforth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morecambe Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morecambe Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Morecambe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Morecambe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Lines Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Market Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Market Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Baxtergate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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