Crime Statistics for Lower Copthurst, Chorley, Lancashire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Lower Copthurst in October 2024. There were a total of 21 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 Lower Copthurst, 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	7
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Other Crime	3
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Drugs	1
Burglary	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	21

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 Lower Copthurst. 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 Lower Copthurst

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hartwood (1.39 miles)	290
Chorley (2.56 miles)	276
Brindle (1.86 miles)	69
Jack Green (2.48 miles)	56
Pippin Street (1.86 miles)	53
Johnson’s Hillock	42
Top o’th’ Lane (1.24 miles)	36
Lower Copthurst	21
Brinscall (1.86 miles)	4
Higher Wheelton (1.39 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Lower Copthurst?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hartwood	108
Chorley	90
Johnson’s Hillock	26
Brindle	23
Jack Green	21
Pippin Street	16
Top o’th’ Lane	13
Lower Copthurst	7
Brinscall	2
Higher Wheelton	0

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

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 Lower Copthurst 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 Lower Copthurst compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Chorley East	69
2	Clayton-le-Woods North	68
3	Chorley South East	63
4	Chorley North East	62
5	Chorley North West	41
6	Pennine	40
7	Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden	36
8	Wheelton and Withnell	22
9	Astley and Buckshaw	22
10	Euxton North	21
11	Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods	20

Which road in Lower Copthurst has the highest level of crime?

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