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/

6,348 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 107 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

6,348

Rate / 1,000

107

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	2,200	35%
Anti social behaviour	1,387	22%
Criminal damage and arson	541	9%
Shoplifting	476	7%
Public order	386	6%
Other theft	342	5%
Burglary	310	5%
Vehicle crime	187	3%
Drugs	157	2%
Other crime	142	2%
Bicycle theft	89	1%
Possession of weapons	54	1%
Robbery	52	1%
Theft from the person	25	0%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	159	177	186	177	153	164	167	155	200	234	249	179	2200
Anti social behaviour	185	165	151	118	91	71	81	93	100	106	108	118	1387
Criminal damage and arson	50	41	43	46	43	36	33	42	46	49	52	60	541
Shoplifting	58	29	37	35	19	26	31	39	40	55	49	58	476
Public order	23	29	38	25	20	24	37	27	32	49	47	35	386
Other theft	39	31	27	15	25	26	32	20	26	36	39	26	342
Burglary	43	22	21	26	37	26	24	12	23	21	34	21	310
Vehicle crime	20	18	18	5	7	16	11	9	13	14	24	32	187
Drugs	16	15	15	16	16	9	10	17	11	11	14	7	157
Other crime	5	15	20	11	14	8	7	8	11	15	11	17	142
Bicycle theft	4	13	9	2	4	2	6	7	6	6	16	14	89
Possession of weapons	5	4	4	6	3	1	2	3	5	9	5	7	54
Robbery	2	4	2	4	2	5	4	6	3	5	4	11	52
Theft from the person	5	2		1	2			2	4	6	1	2	25
Total	614	565	571	487	436	414	445	440	520	616	653	587	6348

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