Crime Statistics for Little Layton, Blackpool, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 954 street level crime incidents in Little 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 Little 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	406
Anti Social Behaviour	211
Criminal Damage Arson	65
Other Theft	55
Public Order	45
Shoplifting	40
Vehicle Crime	37
Drugs	28
Burglary	25
Other Crime	16
Possession Of Weapons	10
Theft From The Person	8
Robbery	7
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	954

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 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 Little Layton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blackpool (0.88 miles)	1146
Layton (0.62 miles)	1064
Hoohill	954
Little Layton	954
Warbreck (0.62 miles)	514
North Shore (1.39 miles)	287
Little Carleton (0.88 miles)	286
Carleton (1.39 miles)	208
Staining (1.39 miles)	89
Hardhorn (1.96 miles)	83

Where are the most violent places near Little Layton?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Little 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
Little Carleton	122
Carleton	81
Staining	41
Hardhorn	41

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Little 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 Little 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 Little Layton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Little Layton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Little Layton is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bloomfield	99
2	Claremont	96
3	Talbot	94
4	Brunswick	94
5	Victoria	90
6	Tyldesley	86
7	Layton	82
8	Warbreck	82
9	Park	75
10	Greenlands	52
11	Tithebarn	31

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

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