Crime Rate in Overton, ward

Overton has the 5th lowest crime rate of 16 wards in Hyndburn district and the 1507th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 141st highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Overton in the last 12 months was 107.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.9% lower than the Hyndburn district average (138.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Overton’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 232 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 259 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Overton ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 89 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nowell Street (26 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.