Crime Statistics for Lower Penwortham, South Ribble, Lancashire, 2024

Crime statistics for Lower Penwortham, South Ribble

There were a total of 352 street level crime incidents in Lower Penwortham in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour122
Violent Crime88
Shoplifting37
Public Order27
Drugs16
Criminal Damage Arson13
Other Theft13
Vehicle Crime9
Burglary8
Other Crime7
Possession Of Weapons5
Theft From The Person4
Robbery2
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime352

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Lower Penwortham. 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 Lower Penwortham

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Fulwood (1.96 miles)681
Frenchwood (0.62 miles)418
Cadley (1.96 miles)371
Lower Penwortham352
Fishwick (1.96 miles)278
Walton-le-Dale (1.39 miles)144
Larches (2.24 miles)119
Lostock Hall (1.96 miles)63
Tardy Gate (1.86 miles)48
Higher Penwortham (1.24 miles)39

33%
of City Centre residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lower Penwortham?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Fulwood205
Cadley128
Frenchwood103
Fishwick89
Lower Penwortham88
Walton-le-Dale45
Larches35
Lostock Hall23
Tardy Gate18
Higher Penwortham16

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

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 Penwortham 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 Penwortham compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lower Penwortham and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Lower Penwortham is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1St Matthew's97
2City Centre82
3Fishwick & Frenchwood81
4Deepdale80
5Ashton74
6Middleforth64
7Charnock50
8Lostock Hall34
9Broad Oak32
10Howick & Priory32
11Walton-le-Dale West24

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

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

Last updated: January 2024
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