Crime Statistics for Anchorsholme, Bispham, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 233 street level crime incidents in Anchorsholme in March 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 Anchorsholme, 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	68
Anti Social Behaviour	64
Criminal Damage Arson	21
Vehicle Crime	19
Other Theft	19
Shoplifting	14
Public Order	10
Other Crime	7
Burglary	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
Theft From The Person	2
Bicycle Theft	2
Drugs	1
All Crime	233

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Anchorsholme. 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 Anchorsholme

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Warbreck (2.48 miles)	587
Little Carleton (2.56 miles)	314
Anchorsholme	233
Bispham (1.12 miles)	230
Carleton (1.96 miles)	223
Trunnah (0.88 miles)	216
Burn Naze (0.88 miles)	216
Little Bispham (0.88 miles)	171
Breedy Butts (1.75 miles)	126
Little Thornton (1.96 miles)	94

Where are the most violent places near Anchorsholme?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Warbreck	227
Little Carleton	111
Carleton	92
Bispham	84
Trunnah	73
Burn Naze	73
Anchorsholme	68
Little Bispham	60
Breedy Butts	46
Little Thornton	36

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

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 Anchorsholme 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 Anchorsholme compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Anchorsholme and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Anchorsholme is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bispham	62
2	Ingthorpe	58
3	Jubilee	53
4	Norbreck	48
5	Bourne	34
6	Anchorsholme	34
7	Marsh Mill	27
8	Cleveleys Park	26
9	Pheasant's Wood	26
10	Victoria & Norcross	20
11	Carleton	16

Which road in Anchorsholme has the highest level of crime?

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