Total Crime Rate
352.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wren Grove area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Marton , and the 79th 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 Wren Grove (FY3 9PN) in the last 12 months was 352.2 per 1,000 residents and was 165.3% higher than the Marton average (132.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -79.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 101.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wren Grove (FY3 9PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Marton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glastonbury Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkstall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kirkstall Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Honister Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Higham Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ferguson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wren Grove | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elmslie Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenwood Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lightbown Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lightbown Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ferguson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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