Crime Statistics for Frenchwood, South Ribble, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 366 street level crime incidents in Frenchwood in February 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 Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	111
Violent Crime	79
Shoplifting	63
Public Order	23
Criminal Damage Arson	21
Drugs	20
Other Theft	13
Burglary	11
Vehicle Crime	8
Possession Of Weapons	4
Bicycle Theft	4
Robbery	3
Theft From The Person	3
Other Crime	3
All Crime	366

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 Frenchwood. 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 Frenchwood

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Fulwood (1.86 miles)	664
Frenchwood	366
Ribbleton (1.75 miles)	334
Lower Penwortham (0.62 miles)	292
Fishwick (1.39 miles)	212
Bamber Bridge (1.75 miles)	187
Walton-le-Dale (0.88 miles)	154
Higher Walton (1.96 miles)	145
Lostock Hall (1.86 miles)	79
Higher Penwortham (1.86 miles)	61

Where are the most violent places near Frenchwood?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Fulwood	182
Ribbleton	112
Frenchwood	79
Lower Penwortham	75
Fishwick	68
Bamber Bridge	63
Walton-le-Dale	48
Higher Walton	45
Higher Penwortham	23
Lostock Hall	20

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

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 Frenchwood 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 Frenchwood compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Frenchwood and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Frenchwood is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	St Matthew's	97
2	City Centre	82
3	Fishwick & Frenchwood	81
4	Middleforth	64
5	Bamber Bridge West	53
6	Charnock	50
7	Walton-le-Dale East	39
8	Lostock Hall	34
9	Broad Oak	32
10	Howick & Priory	32
11	Walton-le-Dale West	24

Which road in Frenchwood has the highest level of crime?

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