Crime Statistics for Springfield, Wigan, Wigan, May 2019

The aim of this article is to provide a brief overview of street level crime in Springfield using the latest Police statistics. Police data is usually published two months in arrears, so May 2019 are the latest figures. The data published by the Police are incidents that were reported to them in that month, not the crimes that were prosecuted and/or had further action taken. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken.

There were a total of 541 street level crime incidents in Springfield in May 2019. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour. Below are these incidents broken down by category.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Springfield, 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	165
Anti Social Behaviour	98
Public Order	62
Criminal Damage Arson	48
Shoplifting	45
Other Theft	40
Burglary	22
Vehicle Crime	17
Bicycle Theft	10
Other Crime	9
Drugs	8
Possession Of Weapons	8
Theft From The Person	6
Robbery	3
All Crime	541

Map of street level crime incidents in May 2019

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Springfield	541
Marylebone (0.88 miles)	445
Douglas (0.62 miles)	375
Marsh Green (1.24 miles)	279
Top Lock (1.86 miles)	244
Poolstock (1.24 miles)	228
Pemberton (1.76 miles)	224
Ince-in-Makerfield (1.39 miles)	212
Crooke (1.39 miles)	128
Boar’s Head (1.24 miles)	89

Most violent places near Springfield

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Springfield	165
Marylebone	137
Douglas	121
Marsh Green	89
Top Lock	70
Pemberton	57
Ince-in-Makerfield	55
Poolstock	51
Crooke	38
Boar’s Head	29