Crime Statistics for Halton, Lancaster, Lancashire, 2024

Crime statistics for Halton, Lancaster

There were a total of 15 street level crime incidents in Halton 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 Behaviour6
Violent Crime6
Vehicle Crime2
Other Theft1
All Crime15

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 Halton. 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 Halton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Lancaster (2.63 miles)250
Bare (3.1 miles)191
Halton15
Bolton Town End (2.24 miles)13
Bolton-le-Sands (2.78 miles)12
Halton Green (0.88 miles)11
Hest Bank (2.24 miles)10
Caton (1.86 miles)9
Caton Green (2.55 miles)8
Nether Kellet (2.48 miles)2

5.72%
of Halton-with-Aughton residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Halton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Lancaster76
Bare60
Halton6
Halton Green5
Caton5
Caton Green5
Bolton Town End3
Hest Bank3
Bolton-le-Sands2
Nether Kellet1

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

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 Halton 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 Halton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Skerton East91
2Bulk85
3Skerton West72
4Castle60
5Marsh57
6Scotforth West43
7Torrisholme30
8John O'Gaunt21
9Lower Lune Valley17
10Halton-with-Aughton16
11Bolton & Slyne15

Which road in Halton has the highest level of crime?

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

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