Total Crime Rate
484.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Devonshire Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Brunswick , and the 52nd 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 Devonshire Road (FY3 8AZ) in the last 12 months was 484.9 per 1,000 residents and was 114.0% higher than the Brunswick average (226.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 72 (β 198.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Devonshire Road (FY3 8AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near George Street, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fenton Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brunswick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Healey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Henthorne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wildman Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wildman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wildman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wildman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wildman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Althorp Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Althorp Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Healey Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Healey Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Althorp Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Althorp Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St George Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St George Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fenton Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kytson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kytson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bratby Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bratby Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bratby Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Henthorne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henthorne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Althorp Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Althorp Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Henthorne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Laycock Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Douglas Avenue | Under investigation |
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