Crime Statistics for Common Edge, Fylde, Lancashire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Common Edge in September 2024. There were a total of 304 incidents. 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 CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour104
Violent Crime96
Vehicle Crime17
Criminal Damage Arson16
Other Theft14
Shoplifting13
Other Crime12
Burglary12
Public Order12
Possession Of Weapons2
Theft From The Person2
Drugs2
Robbery2
All Crime304

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Little Marton (1.75 miles)436
Great Marton (1.39 miles)329
South Shore (1.39 miles)296
Common Edge266
Marton Moss Side (0.88 miles)238
Peel Hill (1.96 miles)222
Squires Gate (0.62 miles)167
Great Marton Moss (0.88 miles)64
Higher Ballam (2.24 miles)26
Peel (1.96 miles)10

5.2%
of St Leonards (Fylde) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Common Edge?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Little Marton305
South Shore103
Great Marton101
Common Edge96
Peel Hill93
Marton Moss Side75
Squires Gate53
Great Marton Moss22
Higher Ballam9
Peel4

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

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 Common Edge 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 Common Edge compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Common Edge and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Common Edge have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Waterloo.

#WardScore
1Waterloo93
2Marton84
3Hawes Side76
4Clifton65
5Highfield61
6Squires Gate60
7Ashton35
8Stanley34
9Heyhouses23
10Kilnhouse21
11St Leonards18

Which road in Common Edge has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: September 2024
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