Total Crime Rate
136.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandy Close area has the 19th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Cleveleys Park , and the 77th highest crime rate of 386 local areas in Wyre .
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 Sandy Close (FY5 1FF) in the last 12 months was 136.2 per 1,000 residents and was 171.2% higher than the Cleveleys Park average (50.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 84.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandy Close (FY5 1FF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bispham Road, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Derby Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Jubilee| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bispham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bispham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bispham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bispham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bispham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Slater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rough Lea Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ward Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waters Reach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Slater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weeton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Promenade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | South Promenade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | South Promenade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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