Crime and Safety in Saint Anne's on the Sea
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Saint Anne's on the Sea is among the top 5 safest medium-sized towns in Lancashire, and is the 31st most dangerous overall out of Lancashire's 236 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Saint Anne's on the Sea in 2026 is 64 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to Lancashire's overall crime rate, coming in 11% lower than the Lancashire rate of 72 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Saint Anne's on the Sea is the 89th most dangerous medium-sized town, and the 1,237th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In February 2025, Saint Anne's on the Sea was the worst medium-sized town in Lancashire for shoplifting, with 31 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.98 per 1,000 daytime population. February 2025 was also a bad month for Saint Anne's on the Sea residents, when it was Lancashire's most dangerous medium-sized town for vehicle crime, recording 13 crimes at a rate of 0.41 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Saint Anne's on the Sea are violence and sexual offences, with 947 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 30. This is 3.4% higher than 2025's figure of 916 offences and a difference of 0.95 from 2025's crime rate of 29. Saint Anne's on the Sea's least common crime is theft from the person, with 6 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 14% from 2025's figure of 7 crimes.
Saint Anne's on the Sea 2026 Crime Scorecard
Top 5 Safest
Medium-Sized Towns, Lancashire
47% higher, regional crime rate
North West
11% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Saint Anne's on the Sea is 47% higher than the North West and 11% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Saint Anne's on the Sea Crime Rate Over Time
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Saint Anne's on the Sea Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Saint Anne's on the Sea represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Saint Anne's on the Sea's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Saint Anne's on the Sea up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Saint Anne's on the Sea's 793 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
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Crime Risk Scores
Saint Anne's on the Sea • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Saint Anne's on the Sea has a crime risk score of 325. This is based on analysis of 793 nearby areas within Saint Anne's on the Sea, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Saint Anne's on the Sea's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Saint Anne's on the Sea, crime risk scores are typically around 325, while in Lancashire they are average 494.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 436 (504 for Lancashire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 495 (Lancashire 511).
Trends in Crime Risk
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Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 25% in Saint Anne's on the Sea's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Saint Anne's on the Sea's crime risk score is up by 24%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Saint Anne's on the Sea's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 9%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
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The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Saint Anne's on the Sea • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Shoplifting offences have a crime rate of 7.50 reports per 1,000 people in Saint Anne's on the Sea, which is 1.05 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 238 crime reports logged by Lancashire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Lancashire Police recorded 196 reports of Criminal Damage and Arson in Saint Anne's on the Sea, resulting in a crime rate of 6.17 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 0.98.
The crime rate for Violence and Sexual Offences is 0.98 times the national average at 30 reports per 1,000. This is from 947 crime reports reported to Lancashire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
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Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.18 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.72 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 64% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.10 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.45 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 144% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.90 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 0.33 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 173% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
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Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
No significant decreases identified.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Saint Anne's on the Sea • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Saint Anne's on the Sea | Lancashire | North West | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 964 | 30.41 | 2.15 | 44,091 | 25.12 | 1.78 | 68,604 | 7.93 | 0.56 |
| Bicycle Theft | 13 | 0.39 | 0.80 | 935 | 0.54 | 0.74 | 2,963 | 0.35 | 0.48 |
| Burglary | 86 | 2.71 | 0.87 | 5,672 | 3.22 | 1.03 | 13,151 | 1.50 | 0.48 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 196 | 6.17 | 0.98 | 12,487 | 7.11 | 1.13 | 34,232 | 3.94 | 0.63 |
| Drugs | 51 | 1.61 | 0.52 | 4,150 | 2.37 | 0.77 | 23,463 | 2.70 | 0.87 |
| Other Crime | 65 | 2.04 | 1.10 | 4,141 | 2.36 | 1.28 | 11,008 | 1.28 | 0.69 |
| Other Theft | 155 | 4.89 | 0.86 | 9,088 | 5.17 | 0.91 | 24,256 | 2.79 | 0.49 |
| Possession of Weapons | 21 | 0.64 | 0.90 | 1,753 | 1.01 | 1.19 | 4,543 | 0.53 | 0.62 |
| Public Order | 132 | 4.16 | 0.72 | 8,532 | 4.86 | 0.84 | 36,702 | 4.23 | 0.73 |
| Robbery | 17 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 1,207 | 0.69 | 0.58 | 3,301 | 0.38 | 0.32 |
| Shoplifting | 238 | 7.50 | 1.05 | 9,243 | 5.26 | 0.74 | 27,614 | 3.18 | 0.45 |
| Theft From the Person | 6 | 0.18 | 0.35 | 663 | 0.38 | 0.25 | 1,948 | 0.23 | 0.15 |
| Vehicle Crime | 98 | 3.09 | 0.72 | 6,294 | 3.57 | 0.83 | 14,353 | 1.67 | 0.39 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 947 | 29.85 | 0.98 | 62,045 | 35.33 | 1.16 | 178,380 | 20.58 | 0.68 |
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Total Crime by Year
Saint Anne's on the Sea | Lancashire | North West | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 2,025 | 63.74 | 0.91 | 126,210 | 71.87 | 1.00 | 375,914 | 43.36 | 0.60 |
| 2025 | 1,951 | 61.79 | 0.86 | 125,027 | 71.71 | 0.97 | 373,106 | 43.34 | 0.59 |
| 2024 | 1,862 | 59.60 | 0.81 | 125,021 | 72.60 | 0.96 | 380,165 | 44.52 | 0.59 |
| 2023 | 1,801 | 58.48 | 0.76 | 126,579 | 74.37 | 0.94 | 418,544 | 49.63 | 0.63 |
| 2022 | 1,821 | 60.06 | 0.80 | 128,887 | 76.97 | 1.00 | 410,255 | 49.27 | 0.64 |
| 2021 | 1,593 | 52.76 | 0.79 | 122,462 | 73.89 | 1.08 | 363,499 | 44.00 | 0.64 |
| 2020 | 1,775 | 58.05 | 0.81 | 132,867 | 80.49 | 1.09 | 388,434 | 47.29 | 0.64 |
| 2019 | 2,174 | 70.98 | 0.96 | 159,649 | 97.36 | 1.28 | 412,412 | 50.39 | 0.66 |
| 2018 | 1,608 | 52.97 | 0.77 | 125,020 | 76.64 | 1.08 | 361,592 | 44.45 | 0.63 |
| 2017 | 1,418 | 46.93 | 0.75 | 103,791 | 64.02 | 1.00 | 303,042 | 37.41 | 0.59 |
| 2016 | 418 | 13.79 | 0.75 | 30,635 | 18.97 | 0.99 | 87,310 | 10.80 | 0.57 |
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Saint Anne's on the Sea Compared to Nearby Medium-Sized Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Medium-Sized Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accrington | 4,118 | 105.43 | 65% more dangerous |
| Morecambe | 3,635 | 100.93 | 58% more dangerous |
| Fleetwood | 2,565 | 88.68 | 39% more dangerous |
| Chorley | 3,521 | 82.12 | 29% more dangerous |
| Nelson | 3,037 | 77.45 | 22% more dangerous |
| Darwen | 2,408 | 75.79 | 19% more dangerous |
| Skelmersdale | 2,836 | 72.49 | 14% more dangerous |
| Saint Anne's on the Sea | 2,025 | 63.74 | - |
| Leyland | 2,712 | 61.77 | 3.1% safer |
| Lytham St Anne's | 2,371 | 50.15 | 21% safer |
| Ormskirk | 1,023 | 36.16 | 43% safer |
Comparing Saint Anne's on the Sea to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Anne's on the Sea | 63.74 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 25% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 30% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 32% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 54% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 64% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 65% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 67% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 68% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 69% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 96% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Saint Anne's on the Sea's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Saint Anne's on the Sea that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
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| Ashton Gardens | 108 | - | 7 | 1 | 42 | 65 |
| Hove Road Park | 10 | - | 3 | - | 15 | 8 |
| Hope Street Recreation Ground | 4 | - | - | - | 6 | 4 |
| Blackpool Road Playing Field | 9 | - | - | - | 15 | 8 |
| St Anne's Cricket Ground | 8 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 2 |
| King George's Field | 5 | - | - | - | 12 | 5 |
| West End Field Recreation Ground | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 6 |
Recent Crimes in Saint Anne's on the Sea
The 20 most recent crime reports in Saint Anne's on the Sea.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Parking Area | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Greenways | |
| April 2026 | Burglary | On or near The Croft | |
| April 2026 | Burglary | On or near Fleet Street | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near St George'S Lane | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Greenways | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near St George'S Lane | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near St George'S Lane | |
| April 2026 | Other crime | On or near Otley Road | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Harrison Mews | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near St George'S Lane | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near St George'S Lane | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near St George'S Lane | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Victoria Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near St George'S Lane |
Methodology & Data Sources
Saint Anne's on the Sea Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Saint Anne's on the Sea during June 2026 will typically become available in August 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Saint Anne's on the Sea Data Points
For Saint Anne's on the Sea, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value E04005176.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Saint Anne's on the Sea's daytime - or "workday" - population of 25,982 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Saint Anne's on the Sea