LA1 3JH

Lower Lune Valley · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Lancaster
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA1 3TN 146 m
LA1 3TQ 200 m
LA1 3TB 236 m
LA1 3JJ 283 m
LA1 3FH 366 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA1 3JH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 3
Latitude
54.041582
Longitude
-2.775078
British National Grid easting
349,341
British National Grid northing
460,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Parish or community
E04005201
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127556
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 005C · E01025131
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 005 · E02005225

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
17
Secondary
5
  1. Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.0 km
  2. Bowerham Primary & Nursery School

    Community school

    1.1 km
  3. St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Lancaster

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,008
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 375
  • Anti social behaviour 216
  • Criminal damage and arson 92
  • Burglary 80
  • Public order 73

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

4 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
6.0
LA1 3 residents
12,328

Age bands in LA1 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

1,844 residents

Age 15 to 24
22%

2,629 residents

Age 25 to 44
30%

3,597 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.6%

2,586 residents

Age 65 and over
11%

1,320 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA1 3 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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    1.6 km

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    1.8 km

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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Wyresdale Road

    BCT · Bowerham

    0.0 miles
  • Wyresdale Road

    BCT · Bowerham

    0.0 miles
  • Leisure Park

    BCT · Bowerham

    0.2 miles
  • Leisure Park

    BCT · Bowerham

    0.2 miles
  • Newlands Road

    BCT · Newlands

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 005C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,983 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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

32 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 5 secondary schools. Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1,008 published events cover 12 months, averaging 84 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 375 events.

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