Crime Statistics for Little Marsden, Pendle, Lancashire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Little Marsden in September 2024. There were a total of 280 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 Little Marsden, 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	96
Anti Social Behaviour	92
Other Theft	16
Shoplifting	14
Public Order	14
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Other Crime	10
Vehicle Crime	9
Burglary	8
Robbery	4
Drugs	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	280

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 Little Marsden. 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 Little Marsden

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Nelson (0.62 miles)	370
Reedley (1.39 miles)	350
Newbridge (0.62 miles)	290
Little Marsden	280
Brierfield (0.88 miles)	260
Marsden Height (0.88 miles)	219
Lowerford (1.24 miles)	192
Barrowford (1.24 miles)	192
Harle Syke (1.39 miles)	169
Lomeshaye (0.62 miles)	103

Where are the most violent places near Little Marsden?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Brierfield	168
Reedley	149
Nelson	136
Little Marsden	96
Newbridge	91
Marsden Height	81
Lowerford	58
Barrowford	58
Harle Syke	54
Lomeshaye	35

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

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 Little Marsden 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 Little Marsden compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Little Marsden and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Little Marsden is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Queensgate	78
2	Bradley	76
3	Lanehead	74
4	Walverden	74
5	Whitefield	70
6	Clover Hill	69
7	Reedley	68
8	Brierfield	64
9	Briercliffe	44
10	Barrowford	29
11	Old Laund Booth	22

Which road in Little Marsden has the highest level of crime?

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