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LA3 3WX

Scale Hall · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Scale Hall
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA3 3SW 11 m
LA3 3SH 74 m
LA3 3SF 85 m
LA3 3ST 112 m
LA3 3RY 141 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA3 3WX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 2004
Terminated
1 July 2005
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA3
Postcode sector
LA3 3
Latitude
54.059988
Longitude
-2.831705
British National Grid easting
345,657
British National Grid northing
462,990

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 LA3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
42
Primary
26
Secondary
7

  1. Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School

    Community school

    142 m

  2. Morecambe Road School

    Community special school

    280 m

  3. Lancaster and Morecambe College

    Further education

    463 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
1,889
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 666
  • Anti social behaviour 337
  • Criminal damage and arson 198
  • Shoplifting 147
  • Other theft 110

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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    2.5 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    2.6 km

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Newgate

    BCT · White Lund

    0.1 miles

  • Newgate

    BCT · White Lund

    0.1 miles

  • Northgate

    BCT · White Lund

    0.2 miles

  • Northgate

    BCT · White Lund

    0.2 miles

  • Lancaster and Morecambe College

    BCT · White Lund

    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

42 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 7 secondary schools. Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 142 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,889 published events cover 12 months, averaging 157.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 666 events.

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