Total Crime Rate
118.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Weston Place area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Hawes Side , and the 218th 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 Weston Place (FY1 6LN) in the last 12 months was 118.6 per 1,000 residents and was 15.1% higher than the Hawes Side average (103.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 51.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Weston Place (FY1 6LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marina Avenue, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Falmouth Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hodder Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Eaton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eaton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Arkholme Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gladstone Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Durley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shetland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Threlfall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Durley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marina Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marina Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marina Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marina Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marina Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falmouth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Falmouth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finsbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finsbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hall Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hudson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Taunton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hudson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.