Total Crime Rate

168.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

14.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 168.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 75.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 14.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.8 3/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lancaster Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Bare , and the 69th highest crime rate of 475 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 Lancaster Road (LA4 5TH) in the last 12 months was 168.5 per 1,000 residents and was 173.7% higher than the Bare average (61.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lancaster Road (LA4 5TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Richmond Avenue, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Lancaster Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Maylands Square —
Apr 2026Other theft Prospect Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Richmond Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Richmond Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Richmond Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Back Roseberry Avenue South Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Richmond Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cartmel Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Richmond Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Richmond Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Richmond Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rosebery Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rosebery Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Christie Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Richmond Avenue —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cartmel Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Richmond Avenue —
Apr 2026Public order Newlands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Newlands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lowlands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Endcliffe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birklands Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Maylands Square —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Maylands Square —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cartmel Place —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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