Total Crime Rate
232.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oak Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Clifton , and the 115th highest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oak Avenue (FY4 3EQ) in the last 12 months was 232.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4.9% lower than the Clifton average (244.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 101.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oak Avenue (FY4 3EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stamford Avenue, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lynton Avenue (21 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 | Sowerby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Darley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stamford Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stamford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stamford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stamford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stamford Avenue | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watson Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chiltern Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ayrton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watson Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Darley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sowerby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Edwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lennox Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Molyneux Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Molyneux Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Annes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Renwick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Renwick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Renwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Renwick 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Edwell Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemingway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sowerby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowerby Avenue | Under investigation |
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