Crime Statistics for Little Thornton, Wyre, Lancashire, 2024

Crime statistics for Little Thornton, Wyre

There were a total of 66 street level crime incidents in Little Thornton 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 Thornton, 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 Crime25
Anti Social Behaviour12
Burglary8
Vehicle Crime6
Public Order5
Shoplifting5
Drugs2
Other Theft2
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime66

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 Thornton. 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 Thornton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Carleton (1.75 miles)208
Trunnah (1.75 miles)182
Burn Naze (1.75 miles)182
Breedy Butts (0.88 miles)94
Hardhorn (1.86 miles)83
Little Poulton (1.24 miles)80
Little Thornton66
Sower Carr (1.75 miles)24
Hambleton (1.39 miles)16
Little Singleton (1.75 miles)16

3.45%
of Singleton and Greenhalgh residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Little Thornton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Carleton81
Trunnah67
Burn Naze67
Breedy Butts44
Hardhorn41
Little Poulton41
Little Thornton25
Sower Carr9
Little Singleton7
Hambleton6

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

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 Thornton 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 Thornton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Ingthorpe58
2Norbreck48
3Bourne34
4Breck32
5Tithebarn31
6Singleton and Greenhalgh29
7Hardhorn with High Cross27
8Marsh Mill27
9Victoria & Norcross20
10Carleton16
11Stanah13

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

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

Last updated: February 2024
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