Total Crime Rate
904.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
248.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Crescent area has the 4th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Ashton , and the 4th highest crime rate of 269 local areas in Fylde .
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 The Crescent (FY8 1SN) in the last 12 months was 904.3 per 1,000 residents and was 515.6% higher than the Ashton average (146.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 107 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 248.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Crescent (FY8 1SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 170 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Don Street (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Carnegie| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back St Anne'S Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back St Anne'S Road West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back St Anne'S Road West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back North Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anne'S Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back North Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St George'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astland Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Anne'S Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Glen Eldon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back West Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back West Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back West Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
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