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LA4 5WA

Westgate · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Westgate
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale
Postcode district
LA4
Postcode sector
LA4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA4 5UW 8 m
LA4 5UR 37 m
LA4 5UP 91 m
LA4 5UG 99 m
LA4 5UH 113 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA4 5WA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 2003
Terminated
1 February 2004
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA4
Postcode sector
LA4 5
Latitude
54.065595
Longitude
-2.847479
British National Grid easting
344,632
British National Grid northing
463,626

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
E00127751
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 010D · E01025173
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. Lancaster Road Primary School

    Community school

    344 m

  2. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe

    Voluntary aided school

    953 m

  3. Morecambe Road School

    Community special school

    973 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,239
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,152
  • Anti social behaviour 618
  • Criminal damage and arson 351
  • Other theft 183
  • Shoplifting 166

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LA4 5 residents
8,760

Age bands in LA4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

1,669 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.6%

1,049 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.3%

2,115 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.3%

2,297 residents

Age 65 and over
21.4%

1,943 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

    3.7 km

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    3.9 km

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    4.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Kentmere Grove

    BCT · Branksome

    0.1 miles

  • Lincoln Close

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles

  • Lincoln Close

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles

  • Kentmere Grove

    BCT · Branksome

    0.1 miles

  • Leamington Road

    BCT · Westgate

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 010D, 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

3,398 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
9 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. Lancaster Road Primary School is the nearest published school at 344 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,239 published events cover 12 months, averaging 269.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,152 events.

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