Total Crime Rate

125.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.8 8/10
  • Other crime 10.8 10/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackpool Old Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Hardhorn with High Cross , and the 86th highest crime rate of 386 local areas in Wyre .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blackpool Old Road (FY6 7QZ) in the last 12 months was 125.5 per 1,000 residents and was 114.0% higher than the Hardhorn with High Cross average (58.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 71.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackpool Old Road (FY6 7QZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fairway Gardens, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Rowans (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Hardhorn with High Cross

Crime Over Time in Blackpool Old Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairway Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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