Crime Statistics for Saltcotes, Fylde, Lancashire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Saltcotes in October 2024. There were a total of 61 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Saltcotes, 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	21
Shoplifting	12
Anti Social Behaviour	10
Burglary	4
Other Theft	3
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Other Crime	2
Public Order	2
Drugs	1
Theft From The Person	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	61

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 Saltcotes. 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 Saltcotes

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hey Houses (1.96 miles)	181
Saltcotes	61
Ansdell (1.86 miles)	60
Bryning (1.96 miles)	25
Kellamergh (1.96 miles)	25
Higher Ballam (1.75 miles)	23
Peel (2.24 miles)	13
Moss Side (1.39 miles)	6
Lower Ballam (1.39 miles)	2
Warton Bank (1.96 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Saltcotes?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hey Houses	144
Ansdell	26
Saltcotes	21
Bryning	10
Kellamergh	10
Higher Ballam	10
Peel	8
Moss Side	5
Warton Bank	1
Lower Ballam	0

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

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 Saltcotes 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 Saltcotes compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Saltcotes and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Saltcotes is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Central	58
2	Ashton	35
3	Clifton	32
4	Ansdell	25
5	Heyhouses	23
6	Freckleton West	23
7	Kilnhouse	21
8	St Johns	19
9	Fairhaven	16
10	Park	11
11	Ribby-with-Wrea	7

Which road in Saltcotes has the highest level of crime?

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