Another Lancashire area was named among those with the least crime
The seaside resort is a holiday favourite for Brits and is loved for attractions including blackpool-tower>Blackpool Tower. But its dark side has been exposed in newly released data. On the opposite side, another Lancashire spot was named among the areas with the lowest crime.
Towns across England and Wales were ranked according to the number of violent crimes committed per 10,000 residents over the 2022/2023 reporting year. Security experts at Get Licensed listed the top 10 regions across the two nations and found Blackpool ranked the highest.With 769.7 crimes per 10,000 people, Blackpool topped the list. Just last year, Blackpool reported a whopping 10,849 violent crimes, the Daily Star reports.
In second place was Middlesbrough, reporting 657.6 crimes per 100,000 people since March 2022, or 9,452 last year. Rounding out the top three was Thanet with 621.5 violent crimes per 10,000. Meanwhile Birmingham and Bradford came in at number four and five respectively, reporting 618.2 and 612.3 crimes per 10,000.
In contrast, Richmond-upon-Thames was found to be the least violent, with 153.2 per 10,000 residents. The leafy southwest London district reported less than 3,000 violent crimes last year. Wealden and Ribble Valley were in second and third with 154.4 and 156.7 violent crimes per 10,000 people each. Ribble Valley's total number of violent crimes was just 970 last year, but its small population prevented it from taking top spot.
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