Crime Statistics for Birkacre, Chorley, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 90 street level crime incidents in Birkacre 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 Birkacre, 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 Crime32
Anti Social Behaviour23
Other Theft8
Criminal Damage Arson7
Burglary6
Shoplifting5
Public Order3
Vehicle Crime2
Drugs2
Bicycle Theft1
Other Crime1
All Crime90

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 Birkacre. 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 Birkacre

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Chorley (1.39 miles)331
Birkacre90
Coppull (0.88 miles)58
Adlington (2.24 miles)56
Anderton (2.24 miles)56
Heath Charnock (1.39 miles)52
Charnock Richard (1.24 miles)45
Charnock Green (1.39 miles)18
Bolton Green (1.75 miles)12
Pincock (1.75 miles)12

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of residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Birkacre?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Chorley122
Birkacre32
Adlington26
Anderton26
Heath Charnock25
Coppull14
Charnock Richard12
Charnock Green6
Bolton Green2
Pincock2

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

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 Birkacre 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 Birkacre compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Birkacre and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Birkacre is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Chorley East69
2Chorley South East63
3Chorley North East62
4Chorley South West59
5Aspull New Springs Whelley53
6Coppull51
7Shevington with Lower Ground42
8Chorley North West41
9Chisnall26
10Astley and Buckshaw22
11Euxton South6

Which road in Birkacre has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: March 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0



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