Total Crime Rate
85.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moorfield Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Breck , and the 116th 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 Moorfield Avenue (FY6 7QE) in the last 12 months was 85.7 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% lower than the Breck average (97.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moorfield Avenue (FY6 7QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Castle Gardens Crescent, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moorfield Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Carleton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorfield Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Gardens Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorfield Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Gardens Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Castle Gardens Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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