Crime Statistics for Goose Green, Wigan, Wigan, 2024

There were a total of 1 street level crime incidents in in January 2024. The largest category was Violent Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Goose Green, 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	1
All Crime	1

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 Goose Green. 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 Goose Green

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ince-in-Makerfield (1.39 miles)	5
Poolstock (0.88 miles)	1
Goose Green	1
Land Gate (1.39 miles)	1
Lamberhead Green (1.39 miles)	0
Pemberton (0.88 miles)	0
Highfield (0.62 miles)	0
Douglas (1.86 miles)	0
New Houses (0.88 miles)	0
The Bell (1.75 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Goose Green?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ince-in-Makerfield	4
Poolstock	1
Goose Green	1
Land Gate	1
Lamberhead Green	0
Pemberton	0
Highfield	0
Douglas	0
New Houses	0
The Bell	0

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

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 Goose Green 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 Goose Green compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Ince	89
2	Douglas	86
3	Pemberton	79
4	Wigan West	75
5	Wigan Central	75
6	Worsley Mesnes	65
7	Bryn	49
8	Winstanley	48
9	Orrell	45
10	Ashton	45
11	Up Holland	27

Which road in Goose Green has the highest level of crime?

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