Crime Statistics for Broadfield, Hyndburn, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 151 street level crime incidents in Broadfield 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 Broadfield, 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	55
Anti Social Behaviour	41
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Burglary	9
Shoplifting	9
Vehicle Crime	9
Other Theft	8
Public Order	4
Other Crime	3
Drugs	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	151

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 Broadfield. 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 Broadfield

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Milnshaw (1.39 miles)	523
Accrington (0.88 miles)	480
Spring Hill (0.62 miles)	265
Church (1.24 miles)	225
Oakenshaw (2.48 miles)	176
Knuzden Brook (1.86 miles)	156
Broadfield	151
Little Moor End (0.62 miles)	100
Baxenden (1.96 miles)	19
Green Haworth (0.88 miles)	18

Where are the most violent places near Broadfield?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Milnshaw	168
Accrington	156
Spring Hill	91
Oakenshaw	72
Church	69
Broadfield	55
Knuzden Brook	54
Little Moor End	34
Green Haworth	9
Baxenden	6

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

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 Broadfield 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 Broadfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Broadfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Broadfield is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Peel	91
2	Spring Hill	86
3	St Andrew's	86
4	Church	83
5	Barnfield	83
6	Central	81
7	Milnshaw	66
8	Altham	63
9	Immanuel	52
10	St Oswald's	46
11	Baxenden	33

Which road in Broadfield has the highest level of crime?

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