Crime Statistics for Chapels, Darwen, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 260 street level crime incidents in Chapels in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Chapels, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	85
Anti Social Behaviour	68
Vehicle Crime	31
Shoplifting	13
Other Crime	13
Criminal Damage Arson	13
Public Order	10
Other Theft	9
Burglary	7
Drugs	6
Theft From The Person	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	260

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Chapels. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Chapels

We've taken the ten nearest places to Chapels and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Chapels has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Chapels	260
Lower Darwen (1.39 miles)	221
Ewood (1.75 miles)	182
Earcroft (0.88 miles)	145
Hoddlesden (1.39 miles)	75
Grimshaw (0.88 miles)	71
Waterside (1.24 miles)	62
Blacksnape (1.76 miles)	38
Bank Fold (1.39 miles)	13
Belthorn (1.39 miles)	13

Where are the most violent places near Chapels?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Chapels and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Chapels	85
Lower Darwen	79
Ewood	65
Earcroft	40
Hoddlesden	30
Waterside	23
Grimshaw	20
Blacksnape	17
Bank Fold	3
Belthorn	3

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Chapels?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Chapels to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Chapels compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Chapels and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Chapels is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Mill Hill & Moorgate	87
2	Darwen East	84
3	Ewood	82
4	Blackburn South East	82
5	Darwen West	74
6	Darwen South	64
7	Blackburn South & Lower Darwen	61
8	Immanuel	52
9	Livesey with Pleasington	47
10	West Pennine	40
11	Helmshore	18

Which road in Chapels has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Chapels with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around St Alban's Road.