Crime Statistics for Chapels, Darwen, Lancashire, 2024

Crime statistics for Chapels, Darwen

There were a total of 225 street level crime incidents in Chapels in January 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 Chapels, 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 Crime96
Anti Social Behaviour54
Criminal Damage Arson18
Other Theft14
Vehicle Crime12
Public Order8
Shoplifting7
Burglary6
Other Crime4
Robbery2
Drugs2
Possession Of Weapons2
All Crime225

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 Chapels. 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 Chapels

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Chapels225
Lower Darwen (1.39 miles)206
Ewood (1.75 miles)136
Grimshaw (0.88 miles)123
Earcroft (0.88 miles)120
Hoddlesden (1.39 miles)81
Waterside (1.24 miles)75
Blacksnape (1.76 miles)51
Bank Fold (1.39 miles)8
Belthorn (1.39 miles)8

4.58%
of Darwen West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Chapels?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Chapels96
Lower Darwen79
Ewood59
Earcroft47
Grimshaw42
Waterside35
Hoddlesden34
Blacksnape17
Bank Fold2
Belthorn2

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

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 Chapels 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 Chapels compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Chapels and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Chapels is ranked #5.

#WardScore
1Mill Hill & Moorgate87
2Darwen East84
3Ewood82
4Blackburn South East82
5Darwen West74
6Darwen South64
7Blackburn South & Lower Darwen61
8Immanuel52
9Livesey with Pleasington47
10West Pennine40
11Helmshore18

Which road in Chapels has the highest level of crime?

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

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