Total Crime Rate
292.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
123.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mythop Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Clifton , and the 85th highest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mythop Road (FY4 4UZ) in the last 12 months was 292.7 per 1,000 residents and was 19.8% 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 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -38.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 123.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mythop Road (FY4 4UZ), 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mythop Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rusland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rusland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rusland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rusland Avenue | Under investigation |
| 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 | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Mythop Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mythop Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mythop Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mythop Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mythop Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mythop Road | — |
| 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 | 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rusland Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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