Total Crime Rate
147.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Conway Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Anchorsholme , and the 183rd 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 Conway Avenue (FY5 3JQ) in the last 12 months was 147.3 per 1,000 residents and was 112.1% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Conway Avenue (FY5 3JQ), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherrywood Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gresham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Runnymede Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St David'S Avenue | — |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | St David'S Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Runnymede Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St David'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrew'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bispham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bispham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bispham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bispham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bispham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bispham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Runnymede Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Runnymede Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brighton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brighton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Lane | Under investigation |
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