Crime Rates at Vicarage Lane, Blackpool, FY4 4EL

Vicarage Lane area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Clifton , and the 208th lowest 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 Vicarage Lane (FY4 4EL) in the last 12 months was 86.2 per 1,000 residents and was 64.7% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Lane (FY4 4EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Welbeck Avenue, where police recorded 176 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sedbergh Avenue (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.