Total Crime Rate

122.6 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 122.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.0 6/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Windle Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Highfield , and the 225th highest crime rate of 494 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 Windle Close (FY4 1QX) in the last 12 months was 122.6 per 1,000 residents and was 30.6% higher than the Highfield average (93.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (β‰ˆ 35.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Windle Close (FY4 1QX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Squires Gate, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashworth Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Windle Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marple Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hornsey Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Squires Gate Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howarth Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howarth Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howarth Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howarth Road β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Bridgeside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridgeside Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hornsey Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Windle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Albany Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Brambles β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Brambles β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Squires Gate β€”
Sep 2025Public order Hornsey Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windle Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raleigh Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windle Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentinck Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentinck Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rutherford Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Drive North β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bosworth Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Drive North Offender given a caution

Data Sources

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