Crime Statistics for Squires Gate, Fylde, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 165 street level crime incidents in Squires Gate 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 Squires Gate, 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	45
Anti Social Behaviour	39
Shoplifting	19
Other Theft	19
Vehicle Crime	15
Public Order	9
Burglary	6
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Drugs	4
Other Crime	3
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	165

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 Squires Gate. 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 Squires Gate

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blackpool (2.48 miles)	1146
Great Marton (1.75 miles)	315
Marton Moss Side (1.39 miles)	242
South Shore (0.88 miles)	232
Little Marton (2.24 miles)	224
Squires Gate	165
Common Edge (0.62 miles)	164
Peel Hill (2.56 miles)	103
Great Marton Moss (1.39 miles)	78
Peel (2.55 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Squires Gate?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Blackpool	488
Great Marton	124
Marton Moss Side	91
Little Marton	88
South Shore	71
Common Edge	54
Squires Gate	45
Peel Hill	38
Great Marton Moss	16
Peel	0

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

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 Squires Gate 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 Squires Gate compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Squires Gate and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Squires Gate is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Waterloo	93
2	Victoria	90
3	Tyldesley	86
4	Hawes Side	76
5	Clifton	65
6	Highfield	61
7	Squires Gate	60
8	Ashton	35
9	Stanley	34
10	Kilnhouse	21
11	St Leonards	18

Which road in Squires Gate has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Squires Gate with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around The Sanctuary.