Crime Rate in Smithills, ward

Smithills has the 6th highest crime rate of 19 wards in Bolton district and the 142nd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 142nd lowest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Smithills in the last 12 months was 0.3 per 1,000 residents and was 14.3% higher than the Bolton district average (0.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Smithills’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 0.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -99.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Smithills ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Mytton Road, with 1 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Boyle Street (1 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.