Total Crime Rate
373.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
162.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beresford Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brunswick , and the 66th highest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beresford Street (FY1 3RF) in the last 12 months was 373.2 per 1,000 residents and was 84.7% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -38.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 162.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beresford Street (FY1 3RF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Althorp Close, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Henthorne Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiteside Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fisher Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Percy Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hawthorn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gardeners Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fairfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Platt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beresford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Platt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stanhope Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Handsworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Handsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grantham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grantham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Handsworth Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beresford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Althorp Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swarbrick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swarbrick Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kytson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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