Crime Statistics for High Moor, Lancashire, 2024

Crime statistics for High Moor, High Moor

There were a total of 8 street level crime incidents in High Moor 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 High Moor, 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 Crime5
Anti Social Behaviour2
Shoplifting1
All Crime8

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 High Moor. 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 High Moor

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Dalton (1.96 miles)109
Newburgh (1.39 miles)8
Parbold (0.62 miles)8
High Moor8
Appley Bridge (1.75 miles)5
Grimshaw Green (1.39 miles)5
Holland Lees (1.96 miles)4
Bispham Green (1.75 miles)1
Mossy Lea (1.96 miles)1
Mawdesley (1.96 miles)0

3.11%
of Wrightington residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near High Moor?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Dalton45
Newburgh6
Parbold6
High Moor5
Appley Bridge3
Grimshaw Green3
Mossy Lea1
Holland Lees0
Bispham Green0
Mawdesley0

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

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 High Moor 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 High Moor compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to High Moor and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. High Moor is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Digmoor80
2Tanhouse74
3Birch Green63
4Skelmersdale South43
5Shevington with Lower Ground42
6Ashurst33
7Burscough East27
8Eccleston and Mawdesley15
9Wrightington13
10Newburgh4
11Parbold3

Which road in High Moor has the highest level of crime?

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

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