Crime Statistics for Marton Moss Side, Blackpool, Lancashire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Marton Moss Side in September 2024. There were a total of 449 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 Marton Moss Side, 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	146
Anti Social Behaviour	139
Shoplifting	46
Public Order	33
Criminal Damage Arson	24
Vehicle Crime	14
Other Crime	14
Other Theft	13
Burglary	8
Possession Of Weapons	4
Drugs	4
Theft From The Person	2
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	449

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 Marton Moss Side. 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 Marton Moss Side

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Little Marton (0.88 miles)	395
South Shore (1.86 miles)	391
Marton Moss Side	326
Great Marton (0.62 miles)	277
Common Edge (0.88 miles)	266
Squires Gate (1.39 miles)	152
Peel Hill (1.24 miles)	120
Main Dyke (1.93 miles)	113
Great Marton Moss (1.24 miles)	69
Peel (1.75 miles)	14

Where are the most violent places near Marton Moss Side?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Little Marton	167
Great Marton	161
Marton Moss Side	146
South Shore	134
Common Edge	96
Main Dyke	49
Peel Hill	48
Squires Gate	41
Great Marton Moss	20
Peel	8

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Marton Moss Side?

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 Marton Moss Side 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 Marton Moss Side compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Waterloo	93
2	Victoria	90
3	Marton	84
4	Hawes Side	76
5	Clifton	65
6	Highfield	61
7	Squires Gate	60
8	Stanley	34
9	Warton and Westby	31
10	Kilnhouse	21
11	St Leonards	18

Which road in Marton Moss Side has the highest level of crime?

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