Crime Statistics for Little Carleton, Bispham, Lancashire, 2024

Crime statistics for Little Carleton, Bispham

There were a total of 286 street level crime incidents in Little Carleton 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 Little Carleton, 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 Crime122
Anti Social Behaviour63
Criminal Damage Arson27
Vehicle Crime18
Other Theft14
Shoplifting13
Public Order11
Possession Of Weapons6
Burglary6
Other Crime4
Robbery1
Drugs1
All Crime286

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 Little Carleton. 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 Little Carleton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Layton (1.39 miles)1064
Hoohill (0.88 miles)954
Little Layton (0.88 miles)954
Warbreck (0.62 miles)514
Little Carleton286
Carleton (0.62 miles)208
Breedy Butts (1.39 miles)94
Staining (1.39 miles)89
Hardhorn (1.24 miles)83
Little Poulton (1.39 miles)80

10.08%
of Park (Blackpool) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Little Carleton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Layton451
Hoohill406
Little Layton406
Warbreck224
Little Carleton122
Carleton81
Breedy Butts44
Staining41
Hardhorn41
Little Poulton41

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

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 Little Carleton 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 Little Carleton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Claremont96
2Brunswick94
3Layton82
4Warbreck82
5Park75
6Bispham62
7Ingthorpe58
8Greenlands52
9Tithebarn31
10Hardhorn with High Cross27
11Staining and Weeton25

Which road in Little Carleton has the highest level of crime?

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

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