Crime Statistics for Broad Clough, Rossendale, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 132 street level crime incidents in Broad Clough 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 Broad Clough, 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	45
Anti Social Behaviour	41
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Shoplifting	8
Public Order	7
Other Theft	5
Burglary	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Other Crime	3
Vehicle Crime	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	132

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 Broad Clough. 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 Broad Clough

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Broad Clough	132
Bacup (0.62 miles)	130
Greave (0.62 miles)	111
Higher Hogshead (1.39 miles)	84
Belgrave (1.24 miles)	55
Rake Head (1.75 miles)	52
Nun Hills (1.39 miles)	48
Britannia (1.75 miles)	31
Water (1.75 miles)	9
Forest Holme (1.75 miles)	9

Where are the most violent places near Broad Clough?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Broad Clough	45
Bacup	45
Greave	35
Higher Hogshead	26
Belgrave	24
Nun Hills	22
Rake Head	16
Britannia	6
Water	5
Forest Holme	5

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

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 Broad Clough 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 Broad Clough compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Broad Clough and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Broad Clough is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Stacksteads	78
2	Greensclough	73
3	Irwell	70
4	Facit and Shawforth	67
5	Hareholme	65
6	Longholme	61
7	Healey and Whitworth	54
8	Whitewell	40
9	Cribden	38
10	Eden	31
11	Goodshaw	15

Which road in Broad Clough has the highest level of crime?

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