Crime Statistics for Warbreck, Bispham, Lancashire, 2024

Crime statistics for Warbreck, Bispham

There were a total of 502 street level crime incidents in Warbreck in January 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 Warbreck, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime203
Anti Social Behaviour119
Criminal Damage Arson44
Other Theft27
Burglary19
Vehicle Crime19
Shoplifting16
Public Order16
Drugs14
Other Crime8
Possession Of Weapons8
Robbery4
Theft From The Person3
Bicycle Theft2
All Crime502

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Warbreck

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Blackpool (1.39 miles)1141
Layton (1.24 miles)1088
Hoohill (0.62 miles)976
Little Layton (0.62 miles)976
Warbreck502
Little Carleton (0.62 miles)292
North Shore (1.24 miles)288
Carleton (0.88 miles)224
Bispham (1.43 miles)166
Staining (1.75 miles)92

6.83%
of Greenlands (Blackpool) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Warbreck?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Blackpool420
Layton406
Hoohill384
Little Layton384
Warbreck203
Little Carleton125
North Shore122
Carleton103
Bispham78
Staining41

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

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 Warbreck 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 Warbreck compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Warbreck and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Warbreck is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Claremont96
2Talbot94
3Brunswick94
4Layton82
5Warbreck82
6Park75
7Bispham62
8Greenlands52
9Tithebarn31
10Hardhorn with High Cross27
11Staining and Weeton25

Which road in Warbreck has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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