Crime Statistics for Tanhouse, Lancashire, 2024

Crime statistics for Tanhouse, Tanhouse

There were a total of 209 street level crime incidents in Tanhouse 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 Tanhouse, 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 Crime74
Anti Social Behaviour46
Criminal Damage Arson21
Burglary19
Shoplifting16
Public Order10
Other Theft7
Vehicle Crime5
Other Crime4
Possession Of Weapons4
Drugs3
All Crime209

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 Tanhouse. 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 Tanhouse

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Birch Green (0.62 miles)273
Tanhouse209
Town Centre (0.88 miles)205
Ashurst (1.39 miles)203
Newgate (1.24 miles)134
Up Holland (1.24 miles)134
Dalton (1.86 miles)116
Chapel House (1.39 miles)74
Pennylands (1.39 miles)74
Bank Top (1.75 miles)32

15.91%
of Digmoor residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Tanhouse?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Birch Green96
Tanhouse74
Town Centre62
Ashurst62
Newgate61
Up Holland61
Dalton40
Chapel House24
Pennylands24
Bank Top12

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

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 Tanhouse 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 Tanhouse compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Moorside90
2Digmoor80
3Pemberton79
4Tanhouse74
5Birch Green63
6Orrell45
7Skelmersdale North44
8Skelmersdale South43
9Ashurst33
10Up Holland27
11Wrightington13

Which road in Tanhouse has the highest level of crime?

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

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