Crime Rate in Church, ward

Church has the 5th highest crime rate of 16 wards in Hyndburn district and the 432nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 39th highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Church in the last 12 months was 174.3 per 1,000 residents and was 25.6% higher than the Hyndburn district average (138.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Church’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 294 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 67.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -46.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 348 (≈ 63.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Church ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Hyndburn Street, with 132 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Norfolk Grove (28 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.