Total Crime Rate

115.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

68.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 115.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 68.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.6 9/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hawes Side Lane area has the 28th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Clifton , and the 221st highest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hawes Side Lane (FY4 4AJ) in the last 12 months was 115.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.8% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 68.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawes Side Lane (FY4 4AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crossland Road, where police recorded 28 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hawes Side Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burnside Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wanstead Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Powell Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burnside Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Powell Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawes Side Lane —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Logan Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Logan Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dewhurst Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Troughton Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ellesmere Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Troughton Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Euxton Court —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Daggers Hall Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Terance Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Euxton Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Powell Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sowerby Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sowerby Avenue —
Apr 2026Other crime Thursfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sowerby Avenue —
Apr 2026Other crime Thursfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thursfield Avenue —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sowerby Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wanstead Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Sowerby Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sowerby Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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