Total Crime Rate

285.1 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very 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 285.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 96.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 80.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.1 10/10
  • Other crime 16.1 10/10
  • Other theft 16.1 9/10
  • Public order 16.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 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

Starbeck Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Hawes Side , and the 105th 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 Starbeck Avenue (FY4 3AZ) in the last 12 months was 285.1 per 1,000 residents and was 179.4% higher than the Hawes Side average (102.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (β‰ˆ 116.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Starbeck Avenue (FY4 3AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mirfield Grove, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dorset Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Starbeck Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eccleston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Winchester Avenue Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marsden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pickmere Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frederick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Quayle Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Threlfall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swindon Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hebden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hebden Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harcourt Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hodder Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harcourt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mirfield Grove β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hemingway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marsden Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winchester Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fernhurst Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunsop Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dunsop Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Renwick Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Devon Street β€”
Sep 2025Public order Fernhurst Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dunsop Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Truro Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Truro Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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