Total Crime Rate
16.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dewhurst Avenue area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Clifton , and the 17th 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 Dewhurst Avenue (FY4 3EL) in the last 12 months was 16.5 per 1,000 residents and was 93.3% lower than the Clifton average (244.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Dewhurst Avenue (FY4 3EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Renwick Avenue, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Quayle Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sowerby Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Troughton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Renwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellesmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Logan Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Logan Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Euxton Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Darley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Troughton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Renwick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Malham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thursfield Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thursfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thursfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Euxton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sowerby Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sowerby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sowerby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sowerby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowerby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Renwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Darley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Renwick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Powell Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Powell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnside Avenue | Under investigation |
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