LA4 4UX

Westgate · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Lancaster
Postcode district
LA4
Postcode sector
LA4 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA4 4UD 184 m
LA4 4UB 191 m
LA4 5SP 191 m
LA4 4RS 200 m
LA4 4UP 210 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA4 4UX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1991
Terminated
1 June 1997
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA4
Postcode sector
LA4 4
Latitude
54.067090
Longitude
-2.857167
British National Grid easting
344,000
British National Grid northing
463,800

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Westgate · E05014911
Parish or community
E04012009
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127588
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 006C · E01025138
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 006 · E02005226

Postcode source versions

Explore LA4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
22
Secondary
6
  1. Lancaster Road Primary School

    Community school

    594 m
  2. Morecambe Bay Community Primary School

    Community school

    612 m
  3. Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School

    Community school

    742 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,911
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,434
  • Anti social behaviour 678
  • Criminal damage and arson 408
  • Shoplifting 266
  • Other theft 245

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LA4 4 residents
9,165

Age bands in LA4 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.5%

1,558 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.4%

1,016 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.4%

2,177 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

2,357 residents

Age 65 and over
20.3%

1,809 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

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    3.7 km

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    4.3 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Bartholomew Road

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles
  • Grayrigg Drive

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles
  • County Garage

    BCT · Morecambe

    0.2 miles
  • County Garage

    BCT · Morecambe

    0.2 miles
  • Greenholme Avenue

    BCT · Westgate

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 006C, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,011 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
1 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

35 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 6 secondary schools. Lancaster Road Primary School is the nearest published school at 594 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,911 published events cover 12 months, averaging 325.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,434 events.

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