Total Crime Rate

86.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 86.2 7/10
  • Violent crimes 40.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 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 Hawes Side Lane (FY4 4FN) 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 Hawes Side Lane (FY4 4FN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mirfield Grove, where police recorded 34 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 (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Troughton Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Thursfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Troughton Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Daggers Hall Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Terance Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawes Side Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dalewood Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Branston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Dewhurst Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Branston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wanstead Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wanstead Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Powell Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Powell Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Other crime Thursfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Powell Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thursfield Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Euxton Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Logan Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ellesmere Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Logan Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Malham Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Euxton Court —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tranmere Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tranmere Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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