LA3 3JL

Overton · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Ward
Overton
Local authority
Lancaster
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA3 2SE 40 m
LA3 2SD 135 m
LA3 2BY 144 m
LA3 2SF 197 m
LA3 3JH 198 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA3 3JL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1996
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 3
Latitude
54.033856
Longitude
-2.895079
British National Grid easting
341,472
British National Grid northing
460,133

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
E00127560
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 016I · E01033072
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 016 · E02005236

Postcode source versions

Explore LA3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
11
Primary
10
Secondary
1
  1. Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School

    Community school

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

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km
  3. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
622
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 292
  • Anti social behaviour 113
  • Criminal damage and arson 59
  • Public order 40
  • Other theft 32

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LA3 3 residents
6,153

Age bands in LA3 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

968 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

587 residents

Age 25 to 44
22%

1,362 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

1,776 residents

Age 65 and over
24.2%

1,495 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

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    878 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

  • Golf Club

    BCT · Heysham

    0.1 miles
  • Golf Club

    BCT · Heysham

    0.1 miles
  • Bell Aire Park

    BCT · Heysham

    0.1 miles
  • Combermere Road

    BCT · Heysham

    0.1 miles
  • Combermere Road

    BCT · Heysham

    0.2 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

11 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 267 m.

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

Recorded crime

622 published events cover 12 months, averaging 51.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 292 events.

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