Scale Hall vs Wensley Fold

Scale Hall has a safety score of 3/100 (High Crime) and recorded 1,074 crimes in the last 12 months. Wensley Fold has a safety score of 2/100 (High Crime) with 1,932 crimes. Scale Hall scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Scale Hall shows a year-on-year crime trend of +20.7% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Wensley Fold shows +78.4% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Scale Hall, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (384 incidents). In Wensley Fold, it is Violent Crime (700 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Scale Hall recorded 255 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Wensley Fold recorded 505. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Scale Hall totalled 384 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 700 in Wensley Fold. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Scale Hall recorded 890 crimes (now 1,074, a change of +20.7%). Wensley Fold recorded 1,083 crimes previously (now 1,932, +78.4%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Scale Hall has a resolution rate of 20.8% and Wensley Fold has 24.2%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Scale Hall falls within the Lancashire Constabulary boundary. Wensley Fold is covered by Lancashire Constabulary. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Scale Hall and Wensley Fold. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.