Total Crime Rate
45.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heathway Avenue area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brunswick , and the 96th lowest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Heathway Avenue (FY3 8HE) in the last 12 months was 45.6 per 1,000 residents and was 77.4% lower than the Brunswick average (202.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heathway Avenue (FY3 8HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hollywood Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hollywood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bardsway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Josephs Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingscote Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Josephs Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Josephs Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Josephs Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bardsway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Heathway Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larbreck Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stratton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Collingwood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Milton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Apple Tree Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Apple Tree Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumbrian Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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