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LA1 5NN

Castle · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA1 5SJ 15 m
LA1 5NL 48 m
LA1 5NQ 81 m
LA1 5NR 86 m
LA1 5NP 93 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA1 5NN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 1995
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 5
Latitude
54.048556
Longitude
-2.807909
British National Grid easting
347,200
British National Grid northing
461,700

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
E00127400
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 014C · E01025099
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 014 · E02005234

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
43
Primary
26
Secondary
7

  1. Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School

    Community school

    343 m

  2. Lancaster Girls' Grammar School

    Academy converter

    435 m

  3. Willow Lane Community Primary School

    Community school

    452 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,202
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,445
  • Anti social behaviour 769
  • Shoplifting 387
  • Criminal damage and arson 349
  • Public order 310

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

    522 m

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    710 m

Nearby transport

  • Lancaster Rail Station

    RSE · Lancaster

    0.0 miles

  • Rail Station Taxi Rank

    TXR · Lancaster City Centre

    0.0 miles

  • Railway Station

    BCT · Lancaster City Centre

    0.0 miles

  • Lancaster Rail Station

    RLY · Lancaster

    0.0 miles

  • Railway Station

    BCT · Lancaster City Centre

    0.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 014C, 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

16,357 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 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

43 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 7 secondary schools. Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 343 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,202 published events cover 12 months, averaging 350.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,445 events.

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