LA1 4SE

Scotforth West · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lancaster
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA1 4SD 55 m
LA1 4EH 74 m
LA1 4SJ 82 m
LA1 4JN 98 m
LA1 4SL 102 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA1 4SE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 4
Latitude
54.031424
Longitude
-2.794660
British National Grid easting
348,046
British National Grid northing
459,784

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
E00127612
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 017F · E01025146
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 017 · E02005237

Postcode source versions

Explore LA1

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
50, Scotforth Road, Lancaster, LA1 4SE 22 May 2020 £220,000
60, Scotforth Road, Lancaster, LA1 4SE 28 July 2017 £450,000
50, Scotforth Road, Lancaster, LA1 4SE 8 October 2010 £174,950

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
17
Secondary
5
  1. Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school

    65 m
  2. Jamea Al Kauthar

    Other independent school

    478 m
  3. St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Lancaster

    Voluntary aided school

    639 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,105
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 388
  • Anti social behaviour 215
  • Criminal damage and arson 101
  • Shoplifting 85
  • Public order 80

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

11 female, 15 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.6
LA1 4 residents
14,931

Age bands in LA1 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.1%

1,969 residents

Age 15 to 24
30.7%

4,620 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.6%

3,100 residents

Age 45 to 64
20%

3,012 residents

Age 65 and over
15.6%

2,349 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA1 4 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

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    1.7 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

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

Nearby transport

  • Hall Park

    BCT · Scotforth

    0.1 miles
  • Rutland Avenue

    BCT · Scotforth

    0.1 miles
  • Wakefield Drive

    BCT · Scotforth

    0.1 miles
  • Hall Park

    BCT · Scotforth

    0.1 miles
  • Rutland Avenue

    BCT · Scotforth

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 017F, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,707 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
4 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. Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 65 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,105 published events cover 12 months, averaging 92.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 388 events.

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