# LA4

Postcode district covering Morecambe, Bare and West End, in Lancaster.

LA4 is a postcode district covering Morecambe, Bare and West End, in Lancaster. Median sale price £185,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 136.3 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code LA4. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [LA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £185,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in LA4 was £185,000 in 2025. Joint 278th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la4#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 25,813** (2021). LA4 had 25,813 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,128th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la4#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 72%** (2022). About 72% of people in LA4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la4#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.9%** (January 2026). In LA4, 92.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la4#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=LA4) (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.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=LA4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 400 homes were sold in LA4 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=LA4) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for LA4.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=LA4) (Census 2021, England and Wales): LA4 had 25,813 usual residents at the census.

## How LA4 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | LA4 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £185,000 | 5th cheapest | 23 postcode districts, LA · 2025 |
| Population | 25,813 | 4th most populated | 23 postcode districts, LA · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 72% | 5th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 23 postcode districts, LA · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 92.9% | joint 5th highest | 23 postcode districts, LA · Jan 2026 |

## 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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in LA4

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Lancaster 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025085) | 1,444 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| [Lancaster 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025086) | 1,342 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.0% |
| [Lancaster 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025087) | 1,291 | 124.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.5% |
| [Lancaster 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025161) | 1,078 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Lancaster 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025112) | 1,568 | 215.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.3% |
| [Lancaster 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025136) | 1,542 | 233.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.7% |
| [Lancaster 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025138) | 1,373 | 121.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| [Lancaster 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025139) | 1,565 | 498.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 58.4% |
| [Lancaster 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025140) | 1,417 | 148.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.3% |
| [Lancaster 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025111) | 1,813 | 83.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Lancaster 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025113) | 1,517 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Lancaster 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025110) | 1,531 | 274.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.6% |
| [Lancaster 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025170) | 1,609 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.8% |
| [Lancaster 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025171) | 1,938 | 205.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 70.6% |
| [Lancaster 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025173) | 1,639 | 108.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.9% |
| [Lancaster 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025137) | 1,415 | 103.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Lancaster 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025162) | 1,412 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Lancaster 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025163) | 1,318 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% |
| [Lancaster 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/neighbourhood/e01025164) | 1,408 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.6% |

## Your MP

- [Morecambe and Lunesdale](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/morecambe-and-lunesdale): Lizzi Collinge (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in LA4

[Bare](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/bare), [Morecambe Town](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/morecambe-town), [Morecambe Westgate](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster/morecambe-westgate)

## Postcode sectors in LA4

[LA4 4 (240 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la4-4), [LA4 5 (259 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la4-5), [LA4 6 (241 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la4-6), [LA4 9 (7 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la4-9)

## Council

[Lancaster](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster)

## Towns in LA4

[Morecambe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/morecambe)

## Postcode districts next to LA4

[LA1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la1), [LA2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la2), [LA3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la3)

## Nearest rail stations

[Morecambe (850 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.8693,54.0703), [Bare Lane (1.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.8353,54.0745), [Lancaster (4.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.8075,54.0487), [Heysham Port (5.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.9131,54.0331)

## More in the LA postcode area

[All LA postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: LA4
- Postcode area: [LA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la)
- Constituency: [Morecambe and Lunesdale †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/morecambe-and-lunesdale)
- Council: [Lancaster †](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster)
- Area: 6.14 km²
- People, mid-2024: 26,125*
- Neighbourhoods: 19
- Output areas: 98

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[LA3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la3), [LA2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la2), [LA1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la1)

## Latest updates for LA4

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/LA4

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la4, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la4#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la4