Total Crime Rate
122.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Windle 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Highfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marple Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hornsey Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Squires Gate | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Howarth Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Howarth Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Howarth Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Howarth Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bridgeside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridgeside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hornsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Windle Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornsey Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornsey Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Albany Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Brambles | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Brambles | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Squires Gate | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hornsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Windle Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Windle Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentinck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentinck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rutherford Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifton Drive North | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bosworth Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Drive North | Offender given a caution |
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