LA4 9BS

Poulton · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Poulton
Local authority
Lancaster
Postcode district
LA4
Postcode sector
LA4 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA3 1WL 0 m
LA3 2XQ 0 m
LA3 3GW 0 m
LA4 5DT 0 m
LA4 9AQ 0 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA4 9BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2011
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA4
Postcode sector
LA4 9
Latitude
54.071891
Longitude
-2.866939
British National Grid easting
343,367
British National Grid northing
464,342

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Poulton · E05014900
Parish or community
E04012009
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127575
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 006D · E01025139
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
30
Primary
20
Secondary
3
  1. Morecambe Bay Community Primary School

    Community school

    407 m
  2. Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    636 m
  3. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe

    Voluntary aided school

    914 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,853
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,449
  • Anti social behaviour 649
  • Criminal damage and arson 425
  • Shoplifting 247
  • Other theft 226

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

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 not available.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    3.8 km

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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Eric Morecambe Memorial

    BCT · Morecambe

    0.1 miles
  • Eric Morecambe Memorial

    BCT · Morecambe

    0.1 miles
  • Arndale Centre

    BCT · Morecambe

    0.1 miles
  • Arndale Centre

    BCT · Morecambe

    0.1 miles
  • Clock Tower

    BCT · Morecambe

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 006D, 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

155 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
8 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools. Morecambe Bay Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 407 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,853 published events cover 12 months, averaging 321.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,449 events.

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