Crime Statistics for Squires Gate, Fylde, Lancashire, 2024

Crime statistics for Squires Gate, Fylde

There were a total of 159 street level crime incidents in Squires Gate in January 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 Squires Gate, 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 Crime61
Anti Social Behaviour28
Shoplifting22
Public Order9
Other Theft8
Criminal Damage Arson7
Burglary7
Other Crime5
Vehicle Crime4
Possession Of Weapons3
Drugs2
Robbery2
Theft From The Person1
All Crime159

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 Squires Gate. 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 Squires Gate

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Blackpool (2.48 miles)1141
Great Marton (1.75 miles)354
South Shore (0.88 miles)258
Marton Moss Side (1.39 miles)228
Little Marton (2.24 miles)203
Common Edge (0.62 miles)163
Squires Gate159
Peel Hill (2.56 miles)85
Great Marton Moss (1.39 miles)53
Peel (2.55 miles)5

4.56%
of Squires Gate residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Squires Gate?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Blackpool420
Great Marton148
South Shore91
Marton Moss Side88
Little Marton73
Common Edge65
Squires Gate61
Peel Hill37
Great Marton Moss17
Peel4

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Squires Gate?

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 Squires Gate 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 Squires Gate compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Waterloo93
2Victoria90
3Tyldesley86
4Hawes Side76
5Clifton65
6Highfield61
7Squires Gate60
8Ashton35
9Stanley34
10Kilnhouse21
11St Leonards18

Which road in Squires Gate has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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