LA4 4WX

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 4UZ 2 m
LA4 4UR 46 m
LA4 4UY 65 m
LA4 4XE 66 m
LA4 4UW 71 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA4 4WX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 2004
Terminated
1 July 2005
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA4
Postcode sector
LA4 4
Latitude
54.061143
Longitude
-2.855486
British National Grid easting
344,102
British National Grid northing
463,137

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
E00127761
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 010B · E01025171
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 010 · E02005230

Postcode source versions

Explore LA4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
24
Secondary
7
  1. Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School

    Community school

    383 m
  2. Lancaster Road Primary School

    Community school

    951 m
  3. Morecambe Bay Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,555
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,267
  • Anti social behaviour 616
  • Criminal damage and arson 381
  • Shoplifting 260
  • Other theft 221

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

    3.3 km

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    3.9 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • William Mitchell

    BCT · Westgate

    0.0 miles
  • William Mitchell

    BCT · Westgate

    0.0 miles
  • William Mitchell

    BCT · Westgate

    0.0 miles
  • William Mitchell

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles
  • Fire Station

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 010B, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

377 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
6 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

39 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 7 secondary schools. Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School is the nearest published school at 383 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,555 published events cover 12 months, averaging 296.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,267 events.

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