Total Crime Rate

75.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 75.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.7 6/10
  • Other crime 10.2 9/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ashfield Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Anchorsholme , and the 170th lowest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashfield Road (FY2 0DJ) in the last 12 months was 75.1 per 1,000 residents and was 9.1% lower than the Anchorsholme average (82.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -61.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashfield Road (FY2 0DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buxton Avenue, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Winnipeg Place (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ashfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Winnipeg Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buxton Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winnipeg Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ingthorpe Avenue —
Sep 2025Drugs Stainforth Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackpool Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winnipeg Place —
Sep 2025Drugs Buxton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winnipeg Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Winnipeg Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wyresdale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winnipeg Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lentworth Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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