Total Crime Rate
1174.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
784.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Langdale Road area has the highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Clifton , and the 6th highest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Langdale Road (FY4 4ST) in the last 12 months was 1174.4 per 1,000 residents and was 380.6% higher 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 351 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 405 (≈ 784.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Langdale Road (FY4 4ST), the main crime hotspot is near Winster Place. Police recorded 258 crimes here, including 231 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Troutbeck Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Troutbeck Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Troutbeck Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Preston New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Preston New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkshead Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkshead Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Preston New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rusland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rusland Avenue | Under investigation |
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