Total Crime Rate
80.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garstang Road South area has the 12th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Kirkham , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 269 local areas in Fylde .
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 Garstang Road South (PR4 3BH) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 10.1% lower than the Kirkham average (89.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garstang Road South (PR4 3BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sunny Bank, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Smith Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Medlar-with-Wesham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dyer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rawlinson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkham And Wesham | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hornbeam Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gillow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Porter Street East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wright Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlinson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rawlinson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Railway Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Billington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Billington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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