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LA1 5HZ

Scale Hall · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Scale Hall
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA3 3RX 39 m
LA3 3SA 97 m
LA3 3SL 112 m
LA1 5TF 128 m
LA3 3SB 142 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA1 5HZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1991
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 5
Latitude
54.059215
Longitude
-2.826450
British National Grid easting
346,000
British National Grid northing
462,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Scale Hall · E05014901
Parish or community
E04005190
Westminster constituency
Lancaster and Wyre · E14001318
Output area
E00127725
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 020E · E01025165
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 020 · E02006871

Postcode source versions

Explore LA1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
43
Primary
27
Secondary
7

  1. Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School

    Community school

    227 m

  2. Lancaster and Morecambe College

    Further education

    382 m

  3. Morecambe Road School

    Community special school

    584 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,901
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 678
  • Anti social behaviour 365
  • Criminal damage and arson 196
  • Shoplifting 121
  • Other theft 103

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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    2.2 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    2.3 km

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

    HEYSHAM PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, MIDDLETON WAY, HEYSHAM, MORECAMBE, LA3 2LE

    ODS code Y01008

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Winster Walk

    BCT · Salt Ayre

    0.1 miles

  • Lancaster and Morecambe College

    BCT · White Lund

    0.1 miles

  • Lancaster and Morecambe College

    BCT · White Lund

    0.1 miles

  • Penrhyn Road

    BCT · Scale Hall

    0.1 miles

  • Asda

    BCT · Salt Ayre

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 020E, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,618 of 33,755

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

43 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 7 secondary schools. Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 227 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,901 published events cover 12 months, averaging 158.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 678 events.

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