Total Crime Rate
262.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lord Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bare , and the 33rd 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 Lord Street (LA4 5JA) in the last 12 months was 262.8 per 1,000 residents and was 326.9% higher than the Bare average (61.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 65.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lord Street (LA4 5JA), the main crime hotspot is near Back Lines Street. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Market Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Baxtergate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poulton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellington Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Lines Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Market Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Primrose Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Primrose Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eidsforth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eidsforth Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Rossendale Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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