Total Crime Rate

174.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 174.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 87.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Common Edge Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Clifton , and the 158th 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 Common Edge Road (FY4 5AX) in the last 12 months was 174.2 per 1,000 residents and was 32.7% lower than the Clifton average (258.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -84.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Common Edge Road (FY4 5AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Highfield Gardens, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Common Edge Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Collyhurst Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regal Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Hampshire Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regal Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bennett'S Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Highfield Gardens —
Sep 2025Public order Henson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Henson Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Highfield Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Collyhurst Avenue Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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