Crime Statistics for Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 45 street level crime incidents in Waterfoot in February 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 Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Violent Crime	13
Vehicle Crime	5
Other Theft	4
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Drugs	2
Public Order	2
Burglary	1
All Crime	45

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 Waterfoot. 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 Waterfoot

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Constable Lee (1.75 miles)	117
Newchurch (0.88 miles)	114
Cloughfold (1.39 miles)	106
Edgeside (0.62 miles)	77
Belgrave (1.86 miles)	55
Stacksteads (0.62 miles)	52
Rake Head (0.62 miles)	52
Nun Hills (1.24 miles)	48
Waterfoot	45
Boarsgreave (0.88 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Waterfoot?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Constable Lee	38
Newchurch	38
Cloughfold	38
Edgeside	26
Belgrave	24
Nun Hills	22
Stacksteads	16
Rake Head	16
Waterfoot	13
Boarsgreave	0

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

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 Waterfoot 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 Waterfoot compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Waterfoot and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Waterfoot is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Stacksteads	78
2	Greensclough	73
3	Irwell	70
4	Hareholme	65
5	Longholme	61
6	Ramsbottom	50
7	Greenfield	46
8	Whitewell	40
9	Cribden	38
10	Eden	31
11	Goodshaw	15

Which road in Waterfoot has the highest level of crime?

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