Crime Statistics for Carnforth, Lancaster, Lancashire, 2024

Crime statistics for Carnforth, Lancaster

There were a total of 26 street level crime incidents in Carnforth in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour9
Violent Crime9
Shoplifting3
Burglary2
Drugs2
Other Theft1
All Crime26

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Carnforth. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Carnforth

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Millhead (0.62 miles)27
Crag Bank26
Carnforth26
Bolton Town End (1.96 miles)13
Bolton-le-Sands (1.39 miles)12
Hest Bank (2.78 miles)10
Capernwray (2.56 miles)4
Nether Kellet (1.39 miles)2
Tewitfield (2.63 miles)1
Borwick (2.63 miles)1

3.96%
of Carnforth & Millhead residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Carnforth?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Millhead11
Crag Bank9
Carnforth9
Bolton Town End3
Hest Bank3
Bolton-le-Sands2
Capernwray2
Nether Kellet1
Tewitfield0
Borwick0

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

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 Carnforth 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 Carnforth compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Skerton East91
2Skerton West72
3Bare45
4Carnforth & Millhead32
5Torrisholme30
6Halton-with-Aughton16
7Bolton & Slyne15
8Kellet10
9Silverdale7
10Burton & Crooklands2

Which road in Carnforth has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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