Total Crime Rate
100.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fleetwood Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Anchorsholme , and the 242nd 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 Fleetwood Road (FY5 1RB) in the last 12 months was 100.8 per 1,000 residents and was 45.1% higher than the Anchorsholme average (69.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 114.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 65.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 112.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fleetwood Road (FY5 1RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gretna Crescent, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wingate Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Norbreck| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingate Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Russell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingate Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingate Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingate Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheringham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheringham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheringham Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gretna Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wilson Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Buckley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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