Total Crime Rate
292.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wasdale 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.
View Crime In Clifton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbank Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holbeck Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbank Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southbank Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Gordale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbank Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Westbank Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Roundhay | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ribblesdale Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holbeck Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribblesdale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherry Tree Road | — |
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