Total Crime Rate

292.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 292.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 75.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 70.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.5 8/10
  • Other theft 30.3 10/10
  • Public order 20.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Robbery 5.1 7/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wasdale Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Clifton , and the 101st highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wasdale Road (FY4 4NP) in the last 12 months was 292.9 per 1,000 residents and was 13.2% higher than the Clifton average (258.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 75.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wasdale Road (FY4 4NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near June Avenue, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cherry Tree Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wasdale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highbank Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Holbeck Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highbank Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southbank Avenue —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Gordale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westbank Avenue —
Sep 2025Burglary Westbank Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roundhay —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ribblesdale Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Holbeck Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ribblesdale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cherry Tree Road —

Data Sources

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