Total Crime Rate
363.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mythop Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Clifton , and the 74th highest crime rate of 494 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 Mythop Road (FY4 4UZ) in the last 12 months was 363.5 per 1,000 residents and was 40.5% higher than the Clifton average (258.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 74 (≈ 145.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mythop Road (FY4 4UZ), the main crime hotspot is near Winster Place. Police recorded 188 crimes here, including 169 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Clifton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winster Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cartmell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Winster Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Winster Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rusland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rusland Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mythop Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mythop Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mythop Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mythop Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mythop Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mythop Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mythop Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Mythop Road | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mythop Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mythop Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mythop Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mythop Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mythop Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rusland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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