Crime Statistics for Larches, Preston, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 105 street level crime incidents in Larches 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 Larches, 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	31
Anti Social Behaviour	23
Other Theft	15
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Burglary	7
Vehicle Crime	6
Drugs	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Public Order	3
Bicycle Theft	2
Other Crime	2
Shoplifting	1
All Crime	105

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 Larches. 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 Larches

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cadley (1.39 miles)	294
Lower Penwortham (2.24 miles)	292
Ingol (0.88 miles)	218
Tanterton (1.39 miles)	140
Larches	105
Higher Bartle (1.86 miles)	76
Higher Penwortham (1.39 miles)	61
Lea (0.62 miles)	51
Lower Bartle (1.96 miles)	34
Lea Town (1.96 miles)	4

Where are the most violent places near Larches?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Lower Penwortham	75
Cadley	74
Ingol	68
Tanterton	39
Larches	31
Higher Penwortham	23
Higher Bartle	21
Lea	21
Lower Bartle	11
Lea Town	4

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

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 Larches 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 Larches compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Larches and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Larches is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Plungington	82
2	City Centre	82
3	Deepdale	80
4	Lea & Larches	76
5	Ashton	74
6	Ingol & Cottam	67
7	Cadley	65
8	Middleforth	64
9	Greyfriars	39
10	Broad Oak	32
11	Howick & Priory	32

Which road in Larches has the highest level of crime?

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