Total Crime Rate
590.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ashburton Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Brunswick , and the 37th highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ashburton Road (FY1 2JD) in the last 12 months was 590.2 per 1,000 residents and was 160.5% higher than the Brunswick average (226.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 85 (β 319.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 84.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashburton Road (FY1 2JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cheltenham Road, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bute Avenue (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brunswick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewtas Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Eaves Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheltenham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheltenham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Banks Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pleasant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pleasant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifford Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clifford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Banks Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cheltenham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Banks Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Banks Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Back Ashburton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherbourne Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sherbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sherbourne Road | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorhouse Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorhouse Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cheltenham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheltenham Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clevedon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Lord Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Back Lord Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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