Crime Statistics for Bailrigg, Lancaster, Lancashire, 2024

Crime statistics for Bailrigg, Lancaster

There were a total of 31 street level crime incidents in Bailrigg in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bailrigg, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime12
Anti Social Behaviour4
Vehicle Crime3
Shoplifting3
Bicycle Theft2
Criminal Damage Arson2
Public Order2
Other Crime1
Burglary1
Other Theft1
All Crime31

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bailrigg. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Bailrigg

We've taken the ten nearest places to Bailrigg and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Bailrigg has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Lancaster (1.96 miles)331
Abraham Heights (2.24 miles)73
Bailrigg31
Conder (1.08 miles)8
Aldcliffe (1.75 miles)6
Lancaster Canal (2.61 miles)3
Heaton (2.77 miles)3
Hampson Green (2.56 miles)1
Conder Green (2.24 miles)0
Stodday (1.24 miles)0

27.84%
of University & Scotforth Rural residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bailrigg?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bailrigg and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Lancaster98
Abraham Heights20
Bailrigg12
Conder3
Heaton3
Aldcliffe2
Lancaster Canal0
Hampson Green0
Conder Green0
Stodday0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bailrigg?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Bailrigg to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Bailrigg compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bailrigg and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Bailrigg have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Skerton East.

#WardScore
1Skerton East91
2Bulk85
3Westgate63
4Castle60
5Marsh57
6Scotforth West43
7Scotforth East34
8John O'Gaunt21
9Lower Lune Valley17
10Ellel16
11University & Scotforth Rural15

Which road in Bailrigg has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bailrigg with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around South Drive.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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