Crime Statistics for Feniscliffe, Pleasington, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 64 street level crime incidents in Feniscliffe 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 Feniscliffe, 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	27
Anti Social Behaviour	10
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Other Theft	5
Shoplifting	5
Burglary	4
Other Crime	3
Public Order	2
All Crime	64

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 Feniscliffe. 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 Feniscliffe

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blackburn (1.96 miles)	707
Higher Croft (1.86 miles)	399
Mill Hill (0.62 miles)	189
Ewood (1.39 miles)	182
Waterloo (0.88 miles)	100
Feniscliffe	64
Cherry Tree (0.62 miles)	36
Pleasington (0.62 miles)	22
Feniscowles (0.88 miles)	19
Hoghton Bottoms (1.96 miles)	6

Where are the most violent places near Feniscliffe?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Blackburn	238
Higher Croft	142
Mill Hill	75
Ewood	65
Waterloo	44
Feniscliffe	27
Cherry Tree	17
Pleasington	8
Feniscowles	7
Hoghton Bottoms	4

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

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 Feniscliffe 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 Feniscliffe compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Mill Hill & Moorgate	87
2	Darwen East	84
3	Ewood	82
4	Blackburn Central	76
5	Darwen West	74
6	Wensley Fold	69
7	Shear Brow & Corporation Park	61
8	Blackburn South & Lower Darwen	61
9	Billinge & Beardwood	50
10	Livesey with Pleasington	47
11	Brindle and Hoghton	43

Which road in Feniscliffe has the highest level of crime?

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