Bolton-le-Sands Crime Rate April 2024 | Monthly Statistics

Bolton-le-Sands, a built-up area within Lancaster, continues to demonstrate a crime profile markedly safer than the UK average. In April 2024, the area’s crime rate of 3.3 per 1,000 residents was 57.1% below the national average of 7.7 per 1,000, underscoring its position as one of the lower-risk areas in the country. The top crime types were anti-social behaviour (29.2% of total crimes), violence and sexual offences (25.0%), and shoplifting (20.8%). These figures align with the area’s character as a relatively quiet, possibly suburban or semi-rural built-up zone, where community interactions and local amenities may contribute to the prevalence of anti-social behaviour. Seasonal factors in April, such as the Easter holiday and the transition to spring weather, may have influenced the slight uptick in outdoor-related crimes, though no direct correlation is explicitly supported by the data. The low levels of violent crime, drugs-related offences, and vehicle crime further reinforce the area’s safety profile, with each category significantly below UK averages. This suggests that Bolton-le-Sands is not only a place with a lower overall crime rate but also one where specific types of crime that often dominate in larger urban centres are underrepresented.

April 2024 saw dramatic shifts in crime patterns, with anti-social behaviour surging by 600.0% (from 1 to 7 incidents) and shoplifting rising by 150.0% (from 2 to 5). These increases contrast with a 25.0% decrease in violence and sexual offences, which fell from 8 to 6. While anti-social behaviour remains 18% below the UK average of 1.2 per 1,000, shoplifting in Bolton-le-Sands (0.7 per 1,000) edged 4% above the national rate of 0.7. Other crime, however, was 87% above the UK average of 0.2 per 1,000, with just 2 reported incidents. Residents may find the sharp rise in anti-social behaviour particularly noteworthy, as it reflects a potential shift in community dynamics or seasonal pressures. The data also highlights the area’s relative safety in categories like drugs (50% below UK average) and burglary (69% below UK average), suggesting a strong alignment with national trends in these categories.

Bolton-le-Sands recorded a crime rate of 3.3 per 1,000 residents in April 2024, marking a 50.0% increase from the previous month’s rate of 2.2. This rise, while notable, remains significantly below the UK average of 7.7 per 1,000. Daily crime statistics reveal an average of one reported crime per day across the built-up area, reflecting a low but consistent presence of crime. Over the course of the month, one crime occurred for every 306 residents, a figure that contextualises the scale of incidents relative to the area’s population of 7,334. When scaled to the local population, this suggests that residents face a relatively low risk of experiencing crime compared to the national average. The increase in crime rate may be influenced by seasonal factors, such as increased outdoor activity during spring, though no definitive causal link can be drawn from the data alone. The population-scaled perspective underscores the area’s overall safety, even as the monthly rate shows a directional shift upwards from March.