Crime Statistics for Height End, Rossendale, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 90 street level crime incidents in Height End 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 Height End, 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	32
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Shoplifting	10
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Drugs	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Other Theft	5
Burglary	4
Public Order	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	90

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 Height End. 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 Height End

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Laund (0.62 miles)	147
Constable Lee (1.24 miles)	117
Cloughfold (1.39 miles)	106
New Hall Hey (0.88 miles)	103
Height End	90
Reeds Holme (0.88 miles)	82
Haslingden (0.62 miles)	75
Lane Side (0.88 miles)	74
Cribden Side (0.62 miles)	51
Bent Gate (1.24 miles)	38

Where are the most violent places near Height End?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Laund	50
Constable Lee	38
Cloughfold	38
New Hall Hey	35
Height End	32
Reeds Holme	28
Haslingden	25
Lane Side	25
Cribden Side	18
Bent Gate	14

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

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 Height End 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 Height End compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Worsley	75
2	Hareholme	65
3	Longholme	61
4	Immanuel	52
5	Greenfield	46
6	Whitewell	40
7	Cribden	38
8	Baxenden	33
9	Eden	31
10	Helmshore	18
11	Goodshaw	15

Which road in Height End has the highest level of crime?

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