Total Crime Rate

188.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 188.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.0 9/10
  • Public order 16.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 10.1 5/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Silverwood Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Hawes Side , and the 147th 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 Silverwood Avenue (FY4 3BW) in the last 12 months was 188.6 per 1,000 residents and was 84.7% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 107.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Silverwood Avenue (FY4 3BW), the main crime hotspot is near Lynton Avenue. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Silverwood Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lynton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winchester Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hebden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marsden Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marsden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hebden Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hemingway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Gladstone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gladstone Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lunedale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frederick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Weston Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Winchester Avenue Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Devon Street —
Sep 2025Other crime Lynton Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Truro Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Truro Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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