Crime Statistics for North Shore, Blackpool, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 287 street level crime incidents in North Shore 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 North Shore, 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	128
Anti Social Behaviour	61
Other Theft	17
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Vehicle Crime	16
Public Order	12
Other Crime	12
Drugs	11
Shoplifting	5
Burglary	5
Theft From The Person	2
Robbery	2
All Crime	287

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 North Shore. 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 North Shore

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blackpool (1.39 miles)	1146
Layton (1.75 miles)	1064
Hoohill (1.39 miles)	954
Little Layton (1.39 miles)	954
Warbreck (1.24 miles)	514
North Shore	287
Little Carleton (1.86 miles)	286
Carleton (1.96 miles)	208
Bispham (1.7 miles)	168
Little Bispham (1.96 miles)	119

Where are the most violent places near North Shore?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to North Shore 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
Bispham	71
Little Bispham	46

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in North Shore?

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 North Shore 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 North Shore compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Bloomfield	99
2	Claremont	96
3	Talbot	94
4	Brunswick	94
5	Tyldesley	86
6	Layton	82
7	Warbreck	82
8	Park	75
9	Bispham	62
10	Greenlands	52
11	Tithebarn	31

Which road in North Shore has the highest level of crime?

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