Crime Statistics for Townsend Fold, Rossendale, Lancashire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Townsend Fold in October 2024. There were a total of 74 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 Townsend Fold, 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	20
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Public Order	10
Other Theft	8
Shoplifting	8
Vehicle Crime	4
Other Crime	2
Burglary	2
All Crime	74

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 Townsend Fold. 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 Townsend Fold

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cloughfold (0.88 miles)	203
Laund (1.24 miles)	184
New Hall Hey (0.62 miles)	179
Lane Side (1.39 miles)	173
Bent Gate (0.62 miles)	79
Townsend Fold	70
Balladen	40
Helmshore (1.24 miles)	38
Irwell Vale (0.88 miles)	15
Ewood Bridge (0.88 miles)	15

Where are the most violent places near Townsend Fold?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cloughfold	70
New Hall Hey	62
Laund	60
Lane Side	57
Bent Gate	22
Townsend Fold	20
Balladen	11
Helmshore	7
Irwell Vale	2
Ewood Bridge	2

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

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 Townsend Fold 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 Townsend Fold compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Stacksteads	78
2	Worsley	75
3	Hareholme	65
4	Longholme	61
5	Ramsbottom	50
6	Greenfield	46
7	Whitewell	40
8	Cribden	38
9	North Manor	38
10	Eden	31
11	Goodshaw	15

Which road in Townsend Fold has the highest level of crime?

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