Crime Statistics for Little Poulton, Wyre, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 80 street level crime incidents in Little Poulton 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 Poulton, 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	41
Anti Social Behaviour	12
Other Theft	5
Vehicle Crime	5
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Public Order	4
Drugs	2
Other Crime	2
Shoplifting	2
Burglary	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	80

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 Poulton. 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 Poulton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hoohill (2.24 miles)	954
Warbreck (1.96 miles)	514
Little Carleton (1.39 miles)	286
Carleton (1.24 miles)	208
Breedy Butts (0.88 miles)	94
Staining (1.96 miles)	89
Hardhorn (0.62 miles)	83
Little Poulton	80
Little Thornton (1.24 miles)	66
Little Singleton (1.24 miles)	16

Where are the most violent places near Little Poulton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hoohill	406
Warbreck	224
Little Carleton	122
Carleton	81
Breedy Butts	44
Staining	41
Hardhorn	41
Little Poulton	41
Little Thornton	25
Little Singleton	7

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

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 Poulton 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 Poulton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Little Poulton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Little Poulton is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Park	75
2	Ingthorpe	58
3	Greenlands	52
4	Bourne	34
5	Breck	32
6	Tithebarn	31
7	Singleton and Greenhalgh	29
8	Hardhorn with High Cross	27
9	Staining and Weeton	25
10	Carleton	16
11	Stanah	13

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

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