Crime Statistics for Higher Heysham, Lancaster, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 52 street level crime incidents in Higher Heysham 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 Higher Heysham, 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	18
Anti Social Behaviour	13
Vehicle Crime	7
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Other Theft	4
Burglary	2
Other Crime	1
Public Order	1
Drugs	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	52

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 Higher Heysham. 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 Higher Heysham

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Morecambe (1.96 miles)	213
Bare (3.51 miles)	194
Torrisholme (3.51 miles)	191
Abraham Heights (3.16 miles)	79
Lower Heysham (0.62 miles)	72
Heysham (0.62 miles)	72
Higher Heysham	52
Aldcliffe (3.1 miles)	7
Heaton (1.86 miles)	2
Stodday (3.34 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Higher Heysham?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Morecambe	83
Torrisholme	60
Bare	57
Lower Heysham	23
Heysham	23
Abraham Heights	20
Higher Heysham	18
Aldcliffe	4
Heaton	1
Stodday	0

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

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 Higher Heysham 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 Higher Heysham compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Heysham North	87
2	Harbour	87
3	Poulton	74
4	Heysham Central	66
5	Westgate	63
6	Heysham South	59
7	Marsh	57
8	Bare	45
9	Torrisholme	30
10	Ellel	16

Which road in Higher Heysham has the highest level of crime?

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