Total Crime Rate
346.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
156.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Swarbrick Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brunswick , and the 72nd 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 Swarbrick Close (FY1 3RZ) in the last 12 months was 346.8 per 1,000 residents and was 71.6% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -7.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 156.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Swarbrick Close (FY1 3RZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Laycock Gate, where police recorded 55 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Cresswell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Percy Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laycock Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Laycock Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swarbrick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swarbrick Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kytson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stanhope Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coopers Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Althorp Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Althorp Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fairfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Althorp Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Althorp Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Althorp Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Althorp Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Althorp Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Althorp Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Althorp Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anthony'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Anthony'S Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Anthony'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Anthony'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Anthony'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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