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LA1 2XD

Castle · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Castle
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA1 1AA 0 m
LA1 1LB 0 m
LA1 1LN 0 m
LA1 1QR 0 m
LA1 1WG 0 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA1 2XD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2006
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 2
Latitude
54.048161
Longitude
-2.803823
British National Grid easting
347,467
British National Grid northing
461,653

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Castle · E05014890
Parish or community
E43000253
Westminster constituency
Lancaster and Wyre · E14001318
Output area
E00185602
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 014E · E01033071
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 014 · E02005234

Postcode source versions

Explore LA1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
23
Secondary
6

  1. Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School

    Community school

    175 m

  2. Lancaster Girls' Grammar School

    Academy converter

    273 m

  3. Willow Lane Community Primary School

    Community school

    722 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,215
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,448
  • Anti social behaviour 775
  • Shoplifting 360
  • Criminal damage and arson 354
  • Public order 314

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    284 m

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    438 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Storey

    BCT · Lancaster City Centre

    0.0 miles

  • The Storey

    BCT · Lancaster City Centre

    0.0 miles

  • China Street

    BCT · Lancaster City Centre

    0.1 miles

  • Common Garden Street

    BCT · Lancaster City Centre

    0.1 miles

  • Common Garden Street

    BCT · Lancaster City Centre

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 014E, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,093 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
1 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

39 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 6 secondary schools. Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 175 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,215 published events cover 12 months, averaging 351.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,448 events.

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