Total Crime Rate

96.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 96.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.5 4/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Caton Avenue area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Rossall , and the 115th 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 Caton Avenue (FY7 8LS) in the last 12 months was 96.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% lower than the Rossall average (104.5 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Caton Avenue (FY7 8LS), the main crime hotspot is near Staveley Grove. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Caton Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A587 —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duddon Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A587 Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Troutbeck Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Brock Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brock Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brock Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birkbeck Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duddon Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staveley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hodder Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hodder Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hodder Avenue —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Staveley Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Beck Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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