Total Crime Rate
217.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whitegate Drive area has the 20th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brunswick , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Whitegate Drive (FY3 9AN) in the last 12 months was 217.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.4% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 106.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitegate Drive (FY3 9AN), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Myrtle Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | 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 | Public order | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Leeds Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leeds 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 | Burglary | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlboro Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlboro Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyceum Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | London Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Alban'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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