Total Crime Rate
50.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingston Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Highfield , and the 115th lowest crime rate of 490 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 Kingston Avenue (FY4 2QB) in the last 12 months was 50.6 per 1,000 residents and was 43.7% lower than the Highfield average (89.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingston Avenue (FY4 2QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandon Place (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Byland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gildabrook Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gildabrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeyville | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeyville | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Allandale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Abbeyville | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Abbeyville | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roselyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Summerville | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mayfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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