Crime Statistics for Walton-le-Dale, South Ribble, Lancashire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Walton-le-Dale in October 2024. There were a total of 550 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 Walton-le-Dale, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime176
Anti Social Behaviour116
Shoplifting92
Criminal Damage Arson60
Vehicle Crime32
Public Order28
Other Theft24
Burglary12
Other Crime6
Drugs4
All Crime550

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 Walton-le-Dale. 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 Walton-le-Dale

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Lower Penwortham (1.39 miles)650
Frenchwood (0.88 miles)455
Walton Summit (1.75 miles)366
Bamber Bridge (0.88 miles)348
Fishwick (1.39 miles)307
Walton-le-Dale274
Higher Walton (1.24 miles)193
Cuerden Green (1.86 miles)138
Lostock Hall (1.39 miles)64
Tardy Gate (1.75 miles)39

5.58%
of Walton-le-Dale West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Walton-le-Dale?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Lower Penwortham308
Walton Summit176
Walton-le-Dale176
Frenchwood96
Bamber Bridge94
Fishwick77
Higher Walton73
Cuerden Green45
Lostock Hall17
Tardy Gate17

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Walton-le-Dale?

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 Walton-le-Dale 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 Walton-le-Dale compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Walton-le-Dale and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Walton-le-Dale have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is St Matthew's.

#WardScore
1St Matthew's97
2City Centre82
3Fishwick & Frenchwood81
4Middleforth64
5Bamber Bridge West53
6Charnock50
7Bamber Bridge East49
8Walton-le-Dale East39
9Lostock Hall34
10Broad Oak32
11Walton-le-Dale West24

Which road in Walton-le-Dale has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: October 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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