Total Crime Rate
114.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ellesmere Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Hawes Side , and the 242nd 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 Ellesmere Road (FY4 3DJ) in the last 12 months was 114.2 per 1,000 residents and was 11.9% higher than the Hawes Side average (102.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (β 73.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ellesmere Road (FY4 3DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mirfield Grove, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Euxton Court (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hawes Side| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dover Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Swindon Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnott Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Howe Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dover Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pickmere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemingway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crossland Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millington Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fernhurst Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Howe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fernhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Thursfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Millington Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Quayle Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mirfield Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Troughton Crescent | Under investigation |
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