Total Crime Rate
32.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shakespeare Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Mount , and the 128th lowest crime rate of 386 local areas in Wyre .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shakespeare Road (FY7 7BP) in the last 12 months was 32.6 per 1,000 residents and was 74.8% lower than the Mount average (129.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shakespeare Road (FY7 7BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Seymour Street, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wolsley Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darbishire Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warren Avenue North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dronsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albany Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Agnew Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darbishire Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dronsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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