Total Crime Rate

305.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 305.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 115.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 115.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.0 9/10
  • Other crime 14.4 10/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.8 10/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Burglary 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

Milford Avenue area has the 14th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Claremont , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Milford Avenue (FY2 0TZ) in the last 12 months was 305.8 per 1,000 residents and was 33.5% lower than the Claremont average (460.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 129.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Milford Avenue (FY2 0TZ), the main crime hotspot is near Milford Avenue. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Milford Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Penhill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raymond Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penhill Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Penhill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Penhill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Penhill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penhill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penhill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penhill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5124 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5124 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Banbury Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Courtfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waverley Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hilstone Lane —
Sep 2025Drugs Waverley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raymond Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raymond Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teesdale Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milford Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penhill Close —
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Data Sources

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