Total Crime Rate
234.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fleetwood Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Anchorsholme , and the 114th highest crime rate of 490 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 Fleetwood Road (FY5 1SL) in the last 12 months was 234.3 per 1,000 residents and was 237.3% higher than the Anchorsholme average (69.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 59.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fleetwood Road (FY5 1SL), the main crime hotspot is near Bispham Road. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Anchorsholme| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Magdalen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bispham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellerbeck Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Runnymede Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Slater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Runnymede Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Runnymede Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bispham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Runnymede Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bispham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bispham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alconbury Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bispham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bispham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Slater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gresham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherrywood Avenue | — |
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