Total Crime Rate

100.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 100.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Birkdale Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Anchorsholme , and the 226th 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 Birkdale Avenue (FY2 0ES) in the last 12 months was 100.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.5% higher than the Anchorsholme average (82.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 29.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birkdale Avenue (FY2 0ES), the main crime hotspot is near Buxton Avenue. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Birkdale Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carnforth Avenue —
Sep 2025Drugs Stainforth Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buxton Avenue —
Sep 2025Drugs Buxton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranbrook Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lentworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ingthorpe Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Briarwood Drive —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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