Crime Rate in Mount, ward

Mount has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 wards in Wyre district and the 964th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 89th highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Mount in the last 12 months was 128.4 per 1,000 residents and was 44.9% higher than the Wyre district average (88.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Mount’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 316 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -71.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 385 (≈ 57.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Mount ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near B5268, with 48 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Wolsley Road (26 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.