Total Crime Rate

102.7 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 102.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Elm 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.

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Crime Over Time in Elm Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Queensway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ball Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ball Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ball Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leander Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairfield Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rydal Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fylde View Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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