Postcode · Morecambe
Crime in LA3 3SA
How much crime is recorded in LA3 3SA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Scale Hall & Torrisholme
- Council
- Lancaster
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,495 (2024)
LA3 3SAMorecambe
How safe is LA3 3SA
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 25.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the LA3 3SA area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
25.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
41
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
LA3 3SANational
Burglary49.99.1
Violence and sexual offences10.823.6
Anti-social behaviour7.210.7
Criminal damage and arson4.04.7
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Other theft1.34.5
Drugs1.12.4
Other crime0.81.5
Public order0.54.6
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 10% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.