Crime · Lancaster

Reported crime in Lancaster

Name: Lancaster crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

6,295 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 106 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

6,295

Rate / 1,000

106

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	2,114	34%
Anti social behaviour	1,543	25%
Criminal damage and arson	548	9%
Shoplifting	422	7%
Public order	380	6%
Other theft	324	5%
Burglary	311	5%
Drugs	165	3%
Vehicle crime	155	2%
Other crime	134	2%
Bicycle theft	69	1%
Possession of weapons	56	1%
Robbery	47	1%
Theft from the person	27	0%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	172	170	159	177	186	177	153	164	167	155	200	234	2114
Anti social behaviour	192	190	185	165	151	118	91	71	81	93	100	106	1543
Criminal damage and arson	60	59	50	41	43	46	43	36	33	42	46	49	548
Shoplifting	27	26	58	29	37	35	19	26	31	39	40	55	422
Public order	36	40	23	29	38	25	20	24	37	27	32	49	380
Other theft	29	18	39	31	27	15	25	26	32	20	26	36	324
Burglary	22	34	43	22	21	26	37	26	24	12	23	21	311
Drugs	11	18	16	15	15	16	16	9	10	17	11	11	165
Vehicle crime	13	11	20	18	18	5	7	16	11	9	13	14	155
Other crime	15	5	5	15	20	11	14	8	7	8	11	15	134
Bicycle theft	4	6	4	13	9	2	4	2	6	7	6	6	69
Possession of weapons	5	9	5	4	4	6	3	1	2	3	5	9	56
Robbery	5	5	2	4	2	4	2	5	4	6	3	5	47
Theft from the person	3	2	5	2		1	2			2	4	6	27
Total	594	593	614	565	571	487	436	414	445	440	520	616	6295

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Lancaster, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 59,115.