Crime Statistics for Becconsall, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 25 street level crime incidents in Becconsall 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 Becconsall, 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	11
Anti Social Behaviour	6
Public Order	3
Possession Of Weapons	1
Shoplifting	1
Other Theft	1
Drugs	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
All Crime	25

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 Becconsall. 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 Becconsall

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Becconsall	25
Little Hoole Moss Houses (2.55 miles)	19
Walmer Bridge (2.24 miles)	18
Hesketh Bank (0.88 miles)	17
Tarleton (1.39 miles)	16
Goose Green (1.86 miles)	8
Hall Green (1.75 miles)	7
Hesketh Moss (0.62 miles)	4
Tarleton Moss (0.88 miles)	2
Bretherton (2.24 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Becconsall?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hesketh Bank	12
Becconsall	11
Tarleton	10
Little Hoole Moss Houses	8
Walmer Bridge	6
Goose Green	5
Hesketh Moss	4
Hall Green	3
Tarleton Moss	2
Bretherton	0

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

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 Becconsall 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 Becconsall compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Moss Side	32
2	Lostock	29
3	Freckleton East	27
4	New Longton & Hutton East	24
5	Freckleton West	23
6	Meols	19
7	Tarleton	16
8	Hesketh-with-Becconsall	11
9	Hoole	11
10	Longton & Hutton West	8
11	Rufford	4

Which road in Becconsall has the highest level of crime?

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