LA2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering High Bentham, in Lancaster and North Yorkshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an LA2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 94% of people in LA2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LA2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LA2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LA2 at a rate of 40.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.0 per 1,000 people across the LA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 81 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LA2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (391), other crime (176) and anti-social behaviour (157).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LA2 was 45.2 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in LA2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LA2 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LA2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craven 001A | 1,906 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 58.9% |
| Craven 001B | 1,701 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 11.9% |
| Craven 001C | 1,362 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.1% |
| Lancaster 002B | 1,395 | 35.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.4% |
| Lancaster 002C | 1,183 | 31.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.4% |
| Lancaster 003C | 1,419 | 19.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| Lancaster 003D | 1,352 | 79.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.7% |
| Lancaster 005A | 1,493 | 54.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Lancaster 005B | 1,392 | 37.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Lancaster 005C | 1,545 | 61.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.6% |
| Lancaster 005D | 1,593 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| Lancaster 019B | 2,085 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.2% |
| Lancaster 019C | 1,591 | 56.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 50.7% |
MPs for LA2
- Lizzi CollingeLabourMP for Morecambe and Lunesdale48% of LA2’s postcodes
- Cat SmithLabourMP for Lancaster and Wyre27% of LA2’s postcodes
- Sir Julian SmithConservativeMP for Skipton and Ripon26% of LA2’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in LA23
Postcode sectors in LA25
Councils LA2 covers2
Postcode districts next to LA27
More in the LA postcode area2
LA2 in brief
LA2 is a postcode district covering High Bentham, in Lancaster and North Yorkshire.
About 23,669 people lived in LA2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £299,950 in 2025 across 313 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 40.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LA2 was £299,950 in 2025.
LA2 had 22,903 usual residents at the census.
About 94% of people in LA2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LA2, 75.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.