LA3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Heysham, Sandylands and White Lund, in Lancaster.
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 LA3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 91% of people in LA3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LA3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LA3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LA3 at a rate of 111.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.0 per 1,000 people across the LA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 227 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LA3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,086), anti-social behaviour (537) and other crime (435).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LA3 was 123.3 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 LA3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LA3 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LA3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster 008C | 1,076 | 97.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Lancaster 008D | 1,370 | 91.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.3% |
| Lancaster 009B | 1,349 | 98.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.3% |
| Lancaster 009C | 1,451 | 277.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.4% |
| Lancaster 009D | 1,414 | 128.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.4% |
| Lancaster 010C | 1,404 | 266.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 72.9% |
| Lancaster 016A | 1,522 | 97.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Lancaster 016B | 1,503 | 69.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| Lancaster 016C | 2,040 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.4% |
| Lancaster 016D | 1,667 | 53.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.5% |
| Lancaster 016E | 2,632 | 62.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Lancaster 016F | 1,563 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.8% |
| Lancaster 016I | 2,491 | 106.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.6% |
| Lancaster 020E | 1,454 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
MPs for LA3
- Lizzi CollingeLabourMP for Morecambe and Lunesdale98% of LA3’s postcodes
- Cat SmithLabourMP for Lancaster and Wyre2.4% of LA3’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 LA33
Postcode sectors in LA33
Council1
Towns in LA32
Postcode districts next to LA32
Nearest rail stations4
More in the LA postcode area2
LA3 in brief
LA3 is a postcode district covering Heysham, Sandylands and White Lund, in Lancaster.
About 25,530 people lived in LA3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £190,000 in 2025 across 414 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 111.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LA3 was £190,000 in 2025.
LA3 had 25,351 usual residents at the census.
About 91% of people in LA3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LA3, 90.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.