Crime Statistics for Common Edge, Fylde, Lancashire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Common Edge in October 2024. There were a total of 211 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Common Edge, 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	70
Anti Social Behaviour	65
Shoplifting	21
Criminal Damage Arson	14
Other Theft	9
Burglary	9
Public Order	6
Other Crime	5
Drugs	4
Vehicle Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	211

Map of street level crime incidents in October 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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Little Marton (1.75 miles)	380
Great Marton (1.39 miles)	366
South Shore (1.39 miles)	288
Marton Moss Side (0.88 miles)	239
Squires Gate (0.62 miles)	225
Common Edge	211
Peel Hill (1.96 miles)	104
Great Marton Moss (0.88 miles)	88
Higher Ballam (2.24 miles)	23
Peel (1.96 miles)	13

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Marton Moss Side	124
Little Marton	121
Great Marton	115
South Shore	85
Squires Gate	79
Common Edge	70
Peel Hill	39
Great Marton Moss	27
Higher Ballam	10
Peel	8

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Waterloo	93
2	Marton	84
3	Hawes Side	76
4	Clifton	65
5	Highfield	61
6	Squires Gate	60
7	Ashton	35
8	Stanley	34
9	Heyhouses	23
10	Kilnhouse	21
11	St Leonards	18

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.