LA3 2XY

Heysham South · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Lancaster
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA3 2XU 96 m
LA3 2XS 168 m
LA3 2UW 306 m
LA3 2XW 320 m
LA3 2XR 345 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA3 2XY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1991
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 2
Latitude
54.038569
Longitude
-2.906649
British National Grid easting
340,721
British National Grid northing
460,667

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Parish or community
E43000253
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127513
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 016D · E01025122
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 016 · E02005236

Postcode source versions

Explore LA3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School

    Community school

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

    Voluntary aided school

    912 m
  3. Mossgate Primary School

    Community school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
623
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 284
  • Anti social behaviour 113
  • Criminal damage and arson 58
  • Public order 41
  • Other theft 32

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.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

1

within 5 km

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    896 m

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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Rothesay Crescent

    BCT · Heysham

    0.2 miles
  • Rothesay Crescent

    BCT · Heysham

    0.2 miles
  • Londonderry Road

    BCT · Heysham

    0.3 miles
  • Londonderry Road

    BCT · Heysham

    0.3 miles
  • Peel Avenue

    BCT · Heysham

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 016D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

20,199 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
5 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 716 m.

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

Recorded crime

623 published events cover 12 months, averaging 51.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 284 events.

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