Total Crime Rate
85.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blackpool Road North area has the 35th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Ashton , and the 76th highest crime rate of 269 local areas in Fylde .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Blackpool Road North (FY8 3DB) in the last 12 months was 85.2 per 1,000 residents and was 42.0% lower than the Ashton average (146.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 48.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackpool Road North (FY8 3DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kilnhouse Lane, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cudworth Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kilnhouse| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Mews | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cudworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kilnhouse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kilnhouse Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kilnhouse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kilnhouse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitethorn Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clover Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Derwent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Derwent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Folkestone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cudworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cudworth Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Derwent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Blundell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honister Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Formby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honister Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honister Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawson Road | Local resolution |
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