Scotforth West ward · Lancaster. Every figure carries its own date.
Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.
What makes this ward different?
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 48.2% here, compared with 32.3% across Lancaster (15.9 percentage points higher).
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 12% here, compared with 17.7% across Lancaster (5.7 percentage points lower).
These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 10.6% here, compared with 15.8% across Lancaster (5.2 percentage points lower).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Police-recorded locations for Scotforth West ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
391 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 337 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Scotforth West ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 49 mapped crimes in September 2024; 44 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Scotforth West
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
49
14
October 2024
22
17
November 2024
20
14
December 2024
35
12
January 2025
26
14
February 2025
30
12
March 2025
25
13
April 2025
22
11
May 2025
29
10
June 2025
15
12
July 2025
30
8
August 2025
34
9
September 2025
25
9
October 2025
28
13
November 2025
29
14
December 2025
32
7
January 2026
30
5
February 2026
26
6
March 2026
29
5
April 2026
16
5
May 2026
34
3
June 2026
42
1
July 2026
56
6
August 2026
44
10
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Scotforth West
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
188
public order
41
criminal damage arson
37
burglary
36
other theft
36
vehicle crime
20
shoplifting
10
drugs
6
other crime
5
possession of weapons
4
bicycle theft
3
theft from the person
3
robbery
2
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
