Total Crime Rate
102.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elm Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Hardhorn with High Cross , and the 112th highest crime rate of 386 local areas in Wyre .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Elm Avenue (FY6 7SP) in the last 12 months was 102.7 per 1,000 residents and was 75.0% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2023. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2023.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 22.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elm Avenue (FY6 7SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ball Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hardhorn with High Cross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ball Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ball Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ball Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leander Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairfield Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fylde View Close | Under investigation |
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