Crime Statistics for Burscough, Lancashire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Burscough in August 2024. There were a total of 13 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Burscough, 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 Crime5
Shoplifting2
Other Theft2
Anti Social Behaviour2
Public Order1
Vehicle Crime1
All Crime13

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Burscough. 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 Burscough

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Burscough Bridge (0.88 miles)45
Aughton Park (2.78 miles)27
Hoscar (1.96 miles)25
Blaguegate (2.78 miles)20
Lathom (1.24 miles)13
Burscough13
Newburgh (3.1 miles)12
New Lane (1.39 miles)10
Tarlscough (2.48 miles)5
Heaton’s Bridge (1.96 miles)4

4.51%
of Scott residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Burscough?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Burscough Bridge14
Hoscar11
Blaguegate8
Aughton Park6
Burscough5
Newburgh3
New Lane3
Tarlscough3
Lathom2
Heaton’s Bridge1

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

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 Burscough 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 Burscough compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Skelmersdale South43
2Halsall41
3Scott34
4Ashurst33
5Burscough East27
6Derby22
7Knowsley18
8Burscough West18
9Scarisbrick12
10Aughton Park9
11Newburgh4

Which road in Burscough has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: August 2024
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