LA4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Morecambe, Bare and West End, 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 LA4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 72% of people in LA4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LA4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LA4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LA4 at a rate of 136.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.0 per 1,000 people across the LA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 275 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LA4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,273), anti-social behaviour (806) and other crime (529).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LA4 was 139.2 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 LA4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LA4 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LA4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster 004A | 1,444 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Lancaster 004B | 1,342 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.0% |
| Lancaster 004C | 1,291 | 124.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.5% |
| Lancaster 004D | 1,078 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Lancaster 006A | 1,568 | 215.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.3% |
| Lancaster 006B | 1,542 | 233.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.7% |
| Lancaster 006C | 1,373 | 121.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Lancaster 006D | 1,565 | 498.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 58.4% |
| Lancaster 006E | 1,417 | 148.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.3% |
| Lancaster 008A | 1,813 | 83.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Lancaster 008B | 1,517 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Lancaster 009A | 1,531 | 274.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.6% |
| Lancaster 010A | 1,609 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.8% |
| Lancaster 010B | 1,938 | 205.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 70.6% |
| Lancaster 010D | 1,639 | 108.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.9% |
| Lancaster 020A | 1,415 | 103.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Lancaster 020B | 1,412 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Lancaster 020C | 1,318 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% |
| Lancaster 020D | 1,408 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.6% |
Your MP
- Lizzi CollingeLabourMP for Morecambe and Lunesdale
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 LA43
Postcode sectors in LA44
Council1
Towns in LA41
Postcode districts next to LA43
Nearest rail stations4
More in the LA postcode area2
LA4 in brief
LA4 is a postcode district covering Morecambe, Bare and West End, in Lancaster.
About 26,125 people lived in LA4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £185,000 in 2025 across 400 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 136.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LA4 was £185,000 in 2025.
LA4 had 25,813 usual residents at the census.
About 72% of people in LA4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LA4, 92.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.