Scale Hall & Torrisholme
Middle areaWest Lancaster. 12,309 people in 3.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 42% of people in Scale Hall & Torrisholme live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Scale Hall & Torrisholme
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Scale Hall & Torrisholme at a rate of 83.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.8 per 1,000 people across Lancaster.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 362 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 195 |
| Other crime | 156 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 100 |
| Shoplifting | 93 |
| Burglary | 61 |
| Vehicle crime | 31 |
| Drug offences | 27 |
| Robbery | 4 |
| Theft from the person | 4 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Scale Hall & Torrisholme compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Scale Hall & Torrisholme safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Scale Hall & Torrisholme at a rate of 83.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.8 per 1,000 people across Lancaster.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 69 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Scale Hall & Torrisholme.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (362), anti-social behaviour (195) and other crime (156).
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.
Figures for the whole of Lancaster
These figures are published for the whole of Lancaster, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Lancaster and not Scale Hall & Torrisholme alone. See Lancaster
Scale Hall & Torrisholme in brief
The median price paid for a home in Scale Hall & Torrisholme was £219,500 in 2025.
Scale Hall & Torrisholme had 12,192 usual residents at the census.
About 42% of people in Scale Hall & Torrisholme live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Scale Hall & Torrisholme, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.