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LA1 5AA

Scotforth West · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Scotforth West
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA1 4PW 63 m
LA1 4PZ 127 m
LA1 5AB 138 m
LA1 4PY 160 m
LA1 4PX 168 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA1 5AA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 August 2009
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 5
Latitude
54.029408
Longitude
-2.799079
British National Grid easting
347,754
British National Grid northing
459,563

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Scotforth West · E05014903
Parish or community
E43000253
Westminster constituency
Lancaster and Wyre · E14001318
Output area
E00127616
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 017F · E01025146
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 017 · E02005237

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. Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school

    412 m

  2. Jamea Al Kauthar

    Other independent school

    509 m

  3. St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Lancaster

    Voluntary aided school

    993 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
900
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 344
  • Anti social behaviour 168
  • Criminal damage and arson 92
  • Public order 70
  • Burglary 54

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LA1 5 residents
10,422

Age bands in LA1 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

1,658 residents

Age 15 to 24
16.2%

1,692 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.5%

2,764 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.3%

2,645 residents

Age 65 and over
16.1%

1,683 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 straight-line

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    1.9 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    2.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Hibbert Terrace

    BCT · Scotforth

    0.1 miles

  • Hibbert Terrace

    BCT · Scotforth

    0.1 miles

  • Bowling Green

    BCT · Scotforth

    0.2 miles

  • Caspian Way

    BCT · Haverbreaks

    0.2 miles

  • Hall Park

    BCT · Scotforth

    0.2 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.

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 412 m.

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

Recorded crime

900 published events cover 12 months, averaging 75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 344 events.

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