Crime Statistics for Lower Bartle, Preston, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 34 street level crime incidents in Lower Bartle 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 Lower Bartle, 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	11
Anti Social Behaviour	9
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Shoplifting	4
Other Crime	2
Public Order	2
Burglary	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	34

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 Lower Bartle. 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 Lower Bartle

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cadley (2.24 miles)	294
Ingol (1.75 miles)	218
Tanterton (1.39 miles)	140
Larches (1.96 miles)	105
Higher Bartle (0.62 miles)	76
Lea (1.86 miles)	51
Lower Bartle	34
Lea Town (1.75 miles)	4
Catforth (1.75 miles)	1
Blackleach (1.39 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Lower Bartle?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cadley	74
Ingol	68
Tanterton	39
Larches	31
Higher Bartle	21
Lea	21
Lower Bartle	11
Lea Town	4
Catforth	1
Blackleach	1

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

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 Lower Bartle 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 Lower Bartle compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Plungington	82
2	Deepdale	80
3	Lea & Larches	76
4	Ashton	74
5	Ingol & Cottam	67
6	Cadley	65
7	Greyfriars	39
8	Preston Rural East	38
9	Howick & Priory	32
10	Garrison	31
11	Newton and Treales	16

Which road in Lower Bartle has the highest level of crime?

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