Lancaster Area Guide | £220k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha

Lancaster

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
142,917
Households
59,837
Crimes · Jun '26
983
59,837
Households
White Brit. · 88%
Ethnicity
Christian · 52%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
983
Crimes · Jun '26
£220,411
Median property price
£738
Median rent
4,265
Postcodes
59,837
Households
White Brit. · 88%
Ethnicity
Christian · 52%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
983
Crimes · Jun '26
£220,411
Median property price
£738
Median rent
4,265
Postcodes

Sold prices in Lancaster

England & Wales
Property sales · Lancaster
HM Land Registry · Lancaster
Average price
£227,460
YoY: +0.8%
Median price: £209,046
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 68 sales · avg £227,147
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£253k£218k£183k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Lancaster

England & Wales
Crime trends · Lancaster

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
363
YoY +15%
363308253
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
179
YoY -38%
342226109
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
58
YoY +262%
583716
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
48
YoY +23%
744822
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
80
YoY stable
917559
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Public Order
62
YoY +15%
664829
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Other Theft
68
YoY +66%
685133
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · other theft up sharply · vehicle crime rising

983
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Lancaster

Medium flood risk in part of this area

1 of 9 sampled points in Zone 2

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 2 is land with between a 1 in 1,000 and 1 in 100 chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Lancashire.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Lancaster is the district council. School applications go through Lancashire.

Last published allocation

None of the schools listed here has a published last-distance figure, so we cannot compare an address with last year's allocation. We do not draw catchment maps.

Apply for a primary place via Lancashire

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Lancaster

GPs make up most of the mapped places

28 GPs · 10 Libraries · 9 Museums · 58 in all

  • GPs28
  • Libraries10
  • Museums9
  • Hospitals8
  • Universities3

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Lancaster

Median private rent

£738/month

VOA / ONS Price Index of Private Rents · as of 2026-05-31 — 2-bed median where published.

£590
1 bed
£738
2 bed
£906
3 bed
£1,203
4 bed

VOA private rental statistics · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

Overview of Lancaster

Coordinates54.0662, -2.8055
Postcodes
4,265
Population (Census)
142,917
Households (Census)
59,837
Recorded crime · Jun '26
983

Demographics in Lancaster

Ethnicity

Total residents: 142,902
White Brit.87.8%
Other White4.4%
Indian1.1%
Chinese1.1%
+ other · 5.5%

Religion

Total residents: 142,892
Christian51.9%
No religion38.1%
Not answered6.6%
Muslim1.9%
+ other · 1.6%

Age groups

Total residents: 142,917
50–6419.6%
35–4916.8%
25–3411.3%
65–7410.9%
20–248.9%
+ 6 other age groups · 32.3%

Households

Total households: 59,837
Other17.7%
Any member 66+14.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children12.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.5%
All members 66+10.3%
+ 7 other households · 33.6%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Lancaster

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.57 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.57 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).