Total Crime Rate
45.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shear Bank Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Bastwell & Daisyfield , and the 111th lowest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shear Bank Road (BB1 8AP) in the last 12 months was 45.0 per 1,000 residents and was 30.4% lower than the Bastwell & Daisyfield average (64.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 18.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shear Bank Road (BB1 8AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hope Street, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Mount (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bastwell & Daisyfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shear Bank Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willoughby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrew'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Andrew'S Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Highbury Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holland Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shear Bank Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shear Bank Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shear Bank Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shear Bank Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hope Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hope Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Hope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melville Drive | Under investigation |
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