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LA3 2XL

Overton · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Overton
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA3 2UW 119 m
LA3 2XR 141 m
LA3 2UX 142 m
LA3 2XW 144 m
LA3 2UP 187 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA3 2XL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1992
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 2
Latitude
54.035280
Longitude
-2.905371
British National Grid easting
340,800
British National Grid northing
460,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Overton · E05014899
Parish or community
E43000253
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127561
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 016I · E01033072
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 016 · E02005236

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1

  1. Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School

    Community school

    584 m

  2. Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km

  3. Mossgate Primary School

    Community school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
566
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 266
  • Anti social behaviour 105
  • Criminal damage and arson 51
  • Public order 36
  • Other theft 30

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LA3 2 residents
10,664

Age bands in LA3 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

2,013 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

1,089 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.1%

2,608 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.9%

2,907 residents

Age 65 and over
20.4%

2,205 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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    1.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Rothesay Crescent

    BCT · Heysham

    0.0 miles

  • Rothesay Crescent

    BCT · Heysham

    0.1 miles

  • Londonderry Road

    BCT · Heysham

    0.2 miles

  • Londonderry Road

    BCT · Heysham

    0.2 miles

  • Combermere Road

    BCT · Heysham

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 016I, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,473 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
1 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 584 m.

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

Recorded crime

566 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 266 events.

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