LA1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Lancaster, 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 LA1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In LA1, 86.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How LA1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LA1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LA1 at a rate of 106.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.0 per 1,000 people across LA.
In August 2026 alone, 564 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LA1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,062), anti-social behaviour (1,338) and other crime (984).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LA1 was 124.8 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 LA1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LA1 has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LA1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster 011A | 2,182 | 88.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Lancaster 011B | 1,560 | 92.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Lancaster 011C | 1,649 | 211.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 76.4% |
| Lancaster 011D | 1,550 | 102.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Lancaster 011E | 1,342 | 137.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lancaster 013A | 1,661 | 114.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Lancaster 013B | 1,283 | 117.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.8% |
| Lancaster 013C | 2,977 | 58.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.8% |
| Lancaster 013D | 2,120 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.8% |
| Lancaster 014A | 2,206 | 197.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 45.8% |
| Lancaster 014B | 1,378 | 72.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 74.5% |
| Lancaster 014C | 1,966 | 110.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 78.4% |
| Lancaster 014E | 1,674 | 678.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 52.6% |
| Lancaster 014F | 1,861 | 139.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.6% |
| Lancaster 015B | 1,325 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.3% |
| Lancaster 015D | 1,478 | 54.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.6% |
| Lancaster 015E | 2,303 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Lancaster 017A | 2,432 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.3% |
| Lancaster 017B | 1,371 | 112.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.8% |
| Lancaster 017C | 1,556 | 61.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Lancaster 017D | 1,250 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.6% |
| Lancaster 017E | 1,772 | 99.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 71.7% |
| Lancaster 017F | 1,962 | 43.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 71.8% |
| Lancaster 018A | 1,377 | 27.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Lancaster 018B | 1,365 | 72.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.6% |
| Lancaster 018C | 1,410 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.9% |
| Lancaster 018D | 1,465 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Lancaster 019A | 5,747 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 49.4% |
| Lancaster 019D | 1,482 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 78.4% |
| Lancaster 020F | 1,261 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Lancaster 020G | 1,289 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Lancaster 020H | 1,418 | 129.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Lancaster 020I | 1,215 | 218.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.0% |
MPs for LA1
- Cat SmithLabourMP for Lancaster and Wyre99% of LA1’s postcodes
- Lizzi CollingeLabourMP for Morecambe and Lunesdale1.1% of LA1’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 LA18
Postcode sectors in LA16
Council1
Towns in LA11
Postcode districts next to LA13
Nearest rail stations3
More in the LA postcode area2
LA1 in brief
LA1 is a postcode district covering Lancaster, in Lancaster.
About 56,827 people lived in LA1 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 730 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 106.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LA1 was £190,000 in 2025.
LA1 had 55,853 usual residents at the census.
In LA1, 86.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In LA1, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.