Crime Statistics for Bent Gate, Rossendale, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 38 street level crime incidents in Bent 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 Bent 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	14
Anti Social Behaviour	9
Other Theft	4
Shoplifting	3
Drugs	2
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Other Crime	1
Public Order	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	38

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 Bent 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 Bent Gate

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cloughfold (1.39 miles)	106
New Hall Hey (0.88 miles)	103
Height End (1.24 miles)	90
Lane Side (0.88 miles)	74
Bent Gate	38
Helmshore (0.62 miles)	33
Balladen (0.62 miles)	32
Townsend Fold (0.62 miles)	32
Irwell Vale (0.62 miles)	18
Ewood Bridge (0.62 miles)	18

Where are the most violent places near Bent Gate?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cloughfold	38
New Hall Hey	35
Height End	32
Lane Side	25
Bent Gate	14
Helmshore	13
Balladen	10
Townsend Fold	10
Irwell Vale	6
Ewood Bridge	6

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bent 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 Bent 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 Bent Gate compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Worsley	75
2	Hareholme	65
3	Longholme	61
4	Ramsbottom	50
5	Greenfield	46
6	Whitewell	40
7	Cribden	38
8	North Manor	38
9	Eden	31
10	Helmshore	18
11	Goodshaw	15

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

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