Total Crime Rate

55.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

22.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 55.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 22.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.5 5/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hetherington Place area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Greenlands , and the 129th lowest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hetherington Place (FY2 0QD) in the last 12 months was 55.6 per 1,000 residents and was 37.9% lower than the Greenlands average (89.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 22.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hetherington Place (FY2 0QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plymouth Road, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Linden Place (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hetherington Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hetherington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Linden Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seattle Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broderick Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sidney Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sidney Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Salcombe Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chelsea Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hughes Grove Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hughes Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hughes Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chelsea Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hughes Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hughes Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hughes Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maxwell Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Plymouth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Plymouth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Morston Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Washington Court Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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