Crime Rates at Highcross Road, Poulton-le-fylde, FY6 8BD

Highcross Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Hardhorn with High Cross , and the 104th highest crime rate of 386 local areas in Wyre .

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 Highcross Road (FY6 8BD) in the last 12 months was 102.9 per 1,000 residents and was 70.1% higher than the Hardhorn with High Cross average (60.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 49.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highcross Road (FY6 8BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stafford Avenue, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beckdean Avenue (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.