Total Crime Rate
143.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Westmorland Avenue area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 189th 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 Westmorland Avenue (FY1 5PG) in the last 12 months was 143.5 per 1,000 residents and was 68.8% lower than the Bloomfield average (459.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 69.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westmorland Avenue (FY1 5PG), the main crime hotspot is near Lune Grove. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 39 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 | Keswick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyre Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Anderson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyre Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grasmere Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Montrose Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyre Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mayor Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lune Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lune Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lune Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bennett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
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