Crime Rates at Wembley Avenue, Blackpool, FY3 7DU

Wembley Avenue area has the 21st highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Claremont , and the 176th highest 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 Wembley Avenue (FY3 7DU) in the last 12 months was 158.1 per 1,000 residents and was 65.6% lower than the Claremont average (460.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 90.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wembley Avenue (FY3 7DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brooklyn Avenue, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lyncroft Crescent (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.