LA1 2JR

Scale Hall · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA1 2PW 81 m
LA1 2PH 82 m
LA1 2JP 129 m
LA1 2PQ 133 m
LA1 2PF 161 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA1 2JR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 2
Latitude
54.064891
Longitude
-2.808593
British National Grid easting
347,176
British National Grid northing
463,518

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Parish or community
E43000253
Westminster constituency
Lancaster and Wyre · E14001318
Output area
E00127684
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 011E · E01025154
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 011 · E02005231

Postcode source versions

Explore LA1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
41
Primary
25
Secondary
7
  1. Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    425 m
  2. Beaumont College - A Salutem/Ambito College

    Special post 16 institution

    543 m
  3. Lancaster Ryelands Primary School

    Community school

    621 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
2,064
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 799
  • Anti social behaviour 367
  • Criminal damage and arson 221
  • Burglary 107
  • Other theft 106

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
49

29 female, 20 male

Postcode households
37
Residents per household
1.3
LA1 2 residents
11,611

Age bands in LA1 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.5%

2,258 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.9%

1,492 residents

Age 25 to 44
27%

3,121 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.8%

2,982 residents

Age 65 and over
14.8%

1,705 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA1 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    2.1 km

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    2.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Vale View

    BCT · Vale

    0.0 miles
  • Morley Road

    BCT · Vale

    0.1 miles
  • Hathaway Road

    BCT · Vale

    0.1 miles
  • Greenset Close

    BCT · Vale

    0.1 miles
  • Hathaway Road

    BCT · Vale

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 011E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

1 of 10

Overall England rank

683 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

41 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 7 secondary schools. Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 425 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,064 published events cover 12 months, averaging 172 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 799 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.