Total Crime Rate

64.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 64.6 6/10
  • Shoplifting 30.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Monkswell Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bolton & Slyne , and the 231st lowest crime rate of 477 local areas in Lancaster .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Monkswell Drive (LA5 8JZ) in the last 12 months was 64.6 per 1,000 residents and was 65.5% higher than the Bolton & Slyne average (39.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Monkswell Drive (LA5 8JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Station Lane (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Monkswell Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Packet Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Keats Avenue —
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Data Sources

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