Crime Statistics for Heaton, Lancaster, Lancashire, 2024

Crime statistics for Heaton, Lancaster

There were a total of 3 street level crime incidents in in January 2024. The largest category was Violent Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Heaton, 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 Crime3
All Crime3

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 Heaton. 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 Heaton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Lancaster (1.96 miles)250
Morecambe (2.24 miles)192
Bare (2.56 miles)191
Abraham Heights (1.39 miles)73
Lower Heysham (1.96 miles)69
Heysham (1.96 miles)69
Higher Heysham (1.86 miles)35
Aldcliffe (1.24 miles)6
Heaton3
Stodday (1.75 miles)0

5.06%
of Heysham South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Heaton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Lancaster76
Morecambe75
Bare60
Lower Heysham36
Heysham36
Abraham Heights20
Higher Heysham15
Heaton3
Aldcliffe2
Stodday0

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

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 Heaton 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 Heaton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Heaton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Heaton is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Heysham North87
2Harbour87
3Heysham Central66
4Westgate63
5Castle60
6Heysham South59
7Marsh57
8Scotforth West43
9Torrisholme30
10Ellel16

Which road in Heaton has the highest level of crime?

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

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