Crime Statistics for Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Wigan, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ashton-in-Makerfield in August 2024. There were a total of 19 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Drugs.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ashton-in-Makerfield, 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 Crime7
Drugs4
Vehicle Crime3
Criminal Damage Arson2
Anti Social Behaviour2
Other Theft1
All Crime19

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Ashton-in-Makerfield. 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 Ashton-in-Makerfield

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Old Boston (1.24 miles)109
Tithe Barn Hillock (1.24 miles)34
Garswood (1.24 miles)26
Ashton-in-Makerfield19
Bryn (0.88 miles)14
Downall Green (1.39 miles)12
Edge Green (1.24 miles)7
Land Gate (1.24 miles)3
Town Green (0.62 miles)3
Bryn Gates (1.75 miles)0

3.52%
of Ashton (Wigan) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Ashton-in-Makerfield?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Old Boston48
Garswood23
Tithe Barn Hillock11
Bryn10
Downall Green9
Ashton-in-Makerfield7
Land Gate2
Town Green1
Edge Green0
Bryn Gates0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Ashton-in-Makerfield?

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 Ashton-in-Makerfield 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 Ashton-in-Makerfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ashton-in-Makerfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Ashton-in-Makerfield is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Abram83
2Parr83
3Earlestown67
4Burtonwood and Winwick58
5Newton56
6Golborne and Lowton West49
7Bryn49
8Blackbrook48
9Ashton45
10Haydock39
11Billinge and Seneley Green39

Which road in Ashton-in-Makerfield has the highest level of crime?

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

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