Total Crime Rate

172.6 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 172.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 61.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.6 7/10
  • Drugs 19.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Other theft 9.8 8/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Cross Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bare , and the 76th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Lancaster .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cross Street (LA4 5ND) in the last 12 months was 172.6 per 1,000 residents and was 214.8% higher than the Bare average (54.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 171.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (β‰ˆ 45.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cross Street (LA4 5ND), the main crime hotspot is near Thornton Avenue. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Bare

Crime Over Time in Cross Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maylands Square β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Thornton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Inn Yard β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buxton Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westover Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coniston Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Maylands Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Maylands Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westover Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Westover Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thornton Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Thornton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashton Road β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westover Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour James Street β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Primrose Court Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge Road β€”
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Thornton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hanover Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornton Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.