Westgate 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: 18.6% here, compared with 32.3% across Lancaster (13.7 percentage points lower).
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.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 26.1% here, compared with 15.8% across Lancaster (10.3 percentage points higher).
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.
Homes rented from a council or housing association: 19% here, compared with 10% across Lancaster (8.8 percentage points higher).
The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.
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 Westgate ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
953 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 840 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Westgate 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: 91 mapped crimes in September 2024; 69 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 · Westgate
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
91
15
October 2024
73
32
November 2024
70
16
December 2024
54
21
January 2025
52
15
February 2025
63
16
March 2025
76
57
April 2025
77
45
May 2025
75
35
June 2025
88
27
July 2025
48
27
August 2025
73
38
September 2025
82
21
October 2025
57
29
November 2025
95
26
December 2025
59
21
January 2026
57
9
February 2026
64
6
March 2026
84
16
April 2026
90
16
May 2026
97
23
June 2026
105
27
July 2026
94
21
August 2026
69
14
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Westgate
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
408
criminal damage arson
102
other theft
77
shoplifting
72
vehicle crime
68
public order
61
burglary
58
other crime
40
drugs
28
bicycle theft
20
possession of weapons
10
robbery
5
theft from the person
4
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.
