Total Crime Rate
281.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
139.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairhurst Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brunswick , and the 89th highest crime rate of 490 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 Fairhurst Street (FY1 3HS) in the last 12 months was 281.6 per 1,000 residents and was 39.3% higher than the Brunswick average (202.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 139.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairhurst Street (FY1 3HS), the main crime hotspot is near New Larkhill Street. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parker Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | New Larkhill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | New Larkhill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Saw Mills | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | The Saw Mills | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Percy Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lily Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lily Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lily Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beresford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | New Larkhill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beresford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Beresford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Anthony'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Anthony'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peter Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Anthony'S Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anthony'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elizabeth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | New Larkhill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | New Larkhill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Boothley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackpool North | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Peter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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