Total Crime Rate
508.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
256.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Glenwood Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brunswick , and the 39th highest crime rate of 490 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 Glenwood Street (FY3 8BU) in the last 12 months was 508.3 per 1,000 residents and was 151.5% higher than the Brunswick average (202.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 160.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 256.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Glenwood Street (FY3 8BU), the main crime hotspot is near Leeds Road. Police recorded 102 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Glenwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Leeds Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyceum Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Myrtle Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Granville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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