Lancashire possession of weapons crime statistics

As of February 2026, the annual crime rate in Lancashire county stands at 1.2 crimes per 1000 people. Lancashire's current crime levels are at 122% of the national crime rate. Possession of weapons crime makes up 1.0% of all crimes reported in the county. Possession of weapons crime totalled 1.7k representing an increase 7.5% year-over-year.

Lancashire possession of weapons crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Lancashire county	crime statistic	England & Wales
1.2	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	1
122%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
1.0%	share of all crimes	1.0%
1.7k	crimes reported	54.4k
7.5%	annual change	5.6%

Lancashire possession of weapons crime rate comparison map

Lancashire possession of weapons crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : Lancashire county has the 9. highest crime rate out of 54 counties

Lancashire possession of weapons crime rate compared to other counties

Possession of weapons crime totalled 1.7k representing an increase 7.5% year-over-year. In the graph below, county are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the county crime rate between February 2025 - January 2026 to the county crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the county.

+7.5% annual change, crime is increasing

1.7k crimes reported

Lancashire possession of weapons crime rate compared to other counties

Crime rate per 1000 workday people

Lancashire possession of weapons crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to January 2026.

Lancashire possession of weapons crime volume

Lancashire possession of weapons crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

Lancashire possession of weapons crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.

Lancashire possession of weapons crime seasonality

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