Crime Statistics for Farington, South Ribble, Lancashire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Farington in September 2024. There were a total of 93 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 Farington, 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	23
Anti Social Behaviour	22
Shoplifting	22
Burglary	7
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Other Theft	4
Robbery	3
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	93

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 Farington. 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 Farington

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Earnshaw Bridge (1.24 miles)	266
Walton-le-Dale (2.24 miles)	246
Bamber Bridge (2.24 miles)	184
Cuerden Green (1.24 miles)	104
Lostock Hall (0.88 miles)	82
Tardy Gate (0.62 miles)	53
New Longton (1.96 miles)	53
Farington	50
Cocker Bar (2.24 miles)	28
Farington Moss (0.62 miles)	17

Where are the most violent places near Farington?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Walton-le-Dale	152
Earnshaw Bridge	98
Bamber Bridge	63
Cuerden Green	51
New Longton	29
Lostock Hall	25
Farington	23
Tardy Gate	17
Cocker Bar	13
Farington Moss	5

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

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 Farington 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 Farington compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Seven Stars	66
2	Broadfield	62
3	Charnock	50
4	Leyland Central	48
5	Earnshaw Bridge	47
6	St Ambrose	46
7	Farington East	41
8	Lostock Hall	34
9	Moss Side	32
10	Farington West	27
11	Walton-le-Dale West	24

Which road in Farington has the highest level of crime?

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