Total Crime Rate

32.7 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · 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 32.7 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Walpole Avenue area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Highfield , and the 49th lowest crime rate of 494 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 Walpole Avenue (FY4 1SE) in the last 12 months was 32.7 per 1,000 residents and was 65.1% lower than the Highfield average (93.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Walpole Avenue (FY4 1SE), the main crime hotspot is near Squires Gate. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Walpole Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridgeside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bosworth Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bridgeside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Squires Gate Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Squires Gate —
Sep 2025Drugs Windle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windle Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windle Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windle Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Kidbrooke Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wetherby Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wetherby Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandhills Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandhills Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raleigh Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greystoke Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Drive North —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Freemantle Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rutherford Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentinck Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentinck Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marple Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Drive North Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greystoke Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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