Crime Statistics for Layton, Blackpool, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 1064 street level crime incidents in Layton 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 Layton, 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	451
Anti Social Behaviour	245
Criminal Damage Arson	75
Other Theft	68
Public Order	52
Shoplifting	40
Burglary	32
Vehicle Crime	31
Drugs	29
Other Crime	17
Possession Of Weapons	9
Theft From The Person	7
Robbery	7
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	1064

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 Layton. 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 Layton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blackpool (0.62 miles)	1146
Layton	1064
Hoohill (0.62 miles)	954
Little Layton (0.62 miles)	954
Warbreck (1.24 miles)	514
Great Marton (1.39 miles)	315
North Shore (1.75 miles)	287
Little Carleton (1.39 miles)	286
Little Marton (1.75 miles)	224
Staining (1.24 miles)	89

Where are the most violent places near Layton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Blackpool	488
Layton	451
Hoohill	406
Little Layton	406
Warbreck	224
North Shore	128
Great Marton	124
Little Carleton	122
Little Marton	88
Staining	41

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

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 Layton 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 Layton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Layton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Layton is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bloomfield	99
2	Claremont	96
3	Talbot	94
4	Brunswick	94
5	Victoria	90
6	Tyldesley	86
7	Marton	84
8	Layton	82
9	Warbreck	82
10	Hawes Side	76
11	Park	75

Which road in Layton has the highest level of crime?

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