Total Crime Rate
79.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grizedale Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Clifton , and the 194th lowest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grizedale Road (FY4 4TL) in the last 12 months was 79.5 per 1,000 residents and was 67.5% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grizedale Road (FY4 4TL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bowness Avenue, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mickleden Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossett Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mardale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mardale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mickleden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grizedale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lovejoy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mardale Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Loughrigg Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mickleden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mickleden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mickleden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mickleden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatlands Crescent | — |
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