Crime Rate in Shear Brow & Corporation Park, ward

Shear Brow & Corporation Park has the lowest crime rate of 17 wards in Blackburn with Darwen district and the 1560th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 303rd lowest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Shear Brow & Corporation Park in the last 12 months was 39.3 per 1,000 residents and was 68.6% lower than the Blackburn with Darwen district average (125.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Shear Brow & Corporation Park’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 173 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 195 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Shear Brow & Corporation Park ward, the main local crime hotspot is near The Mount. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.