Total Crime Rate
81.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Devonshire Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Brunswick , and the 188th lowest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Devonshire Road (FY3 7AA) in the last 12 months was 81.6 per 1,000 residents and was 64.0% lower than the Brunswick average (226.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 38.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Devonshire Road (FY3 7AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coopers Way, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rossall Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brunswick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Laycock Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Laycock Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Laycock Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Laycock Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laycock Gate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laycock Gate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laycock Gate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Douglas Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Laycock Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Empire Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Empire Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Empire Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Empire Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St George Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St George Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Laycock Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Laycock Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kytson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wildman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ramsey Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ramsey Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Healey Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Healey Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Healey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Foxdale Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Foxdale Avenue | Under investigation |
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