Crime Statistics for Marsden Height, Pendle, Lancashire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Marsden Height in October 2024. There were a total of 383 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 Marsden Height, 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	137
Anti Social Behaviour	114
Criminal Damage Arson	32
Burglary	30
Other Theft	21
Vehicle Crime	16
Public Order	10
Other Crime	9
Possession Of Weapons	5
Drugs	4
Shoplifting	4
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	383

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 Marsden Height. 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 Marsden Height

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Newbridge (1.39 miles)	485
Nelson (0.62 miles)	394
Marsden Height	320
Little Marsden (0.88 miles)	312
Harle Syke (0.62 miles)	302
Reedley (1.39 miles)	245
Brierfield (1.24 miles)	143
Lomeshaye (1.39 miles)	115
Haggate (0.88 miles)	71
Lane Bottom (0.88 miles)	70

Where are the most violent places near Marsden Height?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Harle Syke	196
Newbridge	186
Marsden Height	137
Nelson	129
Little Marsden	103
Reedley	77
Brierfield	57
Lomeshaye	45
Lane Bottom	24
Haggate	23

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

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 Marsden Height 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 Marsden Height compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Bank Hall	98
2	Queensgate	78
3	Daneshouse with Stoneyholme	77
4	Bradley	76
5	Lanehead	74
6	Walverden	74
7	Whitefield	70
8	Clover Hill	69
9	Reedley	68
10	Brierfield	64
11	Briercliffe	44

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

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