Crime Statistics for Oakenclough, Wyre, Lancashire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Oakenclough in September 2024. There was only 1 incident. See where that was on the map below.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Oakenclough, 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	1
All Crime	1

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 Oakenclough. 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 Oakenclough

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Garstang (3.34 miles)	61
Bonds (3.62 miles)	41
Bowgreave (3.97 miles)	16
Cabus (3.1 miles)	13
Hollins Lane (3.97 miles)	9
Claughton on Brock (3.34 miles)	6
Oakenclough	1
Street (3.34 miles)	0
Calder Vale (1.39 miles)	0
Bleasdale (2.24 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Oakenclough?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bonds	16
Garstang	12
Bowgreave	7
Cabus	7
Claughton on Brock	1
Oakenclough	1
Hollins Lane	0
Street	0
Calder Vale	0
Bleasdale	0

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

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 Oakenclough 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 Oakenclough compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Oakenclough and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Oakenclough is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Derby & Thornley	59
2	Preston Rural North	32
3	Dilworth	24
4	Alston & Hothersall	21
5	Brock with Catterall	19
6	Calder	13
7	Wyresdale	11
8	Great Eccleston	10
9	Garstang	10
10	Chipping	5
11	Pilling	4

Which road in Oakenclough has the highest level of crime?

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