Total Crime Rate
103.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eastwood Avenue area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Claremont , and the 239th highest crime rate of 490 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 Eastwood Avenue (FY3 7DW) in the last 12 months was 103.2 per 1,000 residents and was 76.1% lower than the Claremont average (432.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -43.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 48.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eastwood Avenue (FY3 7DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Mark'S Place, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Huntley Avenue (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoo Hill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brooklyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Croydon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Croydon Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Huntley Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Huntley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntley Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lyncroft Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melrose Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyncroft Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyncroft Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wilford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croydon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Mark'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mark'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mark'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mark'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mark'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mark'S Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brendon Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fulwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mark'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caton Grove | Under investigation |
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