Photo: Stevew2022 · CC BY-SA 3.0Fleetwood has more crime per resident than 94% of UK towns
Violent crime here is higher than in 95% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, higher than in 88%. Add to that, the Safety Grade comes out at D, drawn from crimes police recorded inside Fleetwood’s built-up area through September 2023 to August 2026: #57 of 65 in Lancashire. Behind the grade sit 54.4 violent and sexual offences and 17.8 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Fleetwood
More crime than many places its size
Of 242 UK towns of 18,000 to 35,000 people, Fleetwood has the 210th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Newton Aycliffe, Rawmarsh and Colwyn Bay, higher than Littlehampton, Brierley Hill and Colne. Towns its size ↓
Neighbourhood ranks
55% of Fleetwood’s residents live in a neighbourhood ranked in the highest-crime 20% of England (Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain), and 6% in the lowest-crime 30%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Fleetwood’s grade
A firm grade. Built on 5,682 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Fleetwood against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
55% of Fleetwood residents live in one of England’s highest-crime neighbourhoods
6% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 55% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Fleetwood’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Fleetwood runs highest on drugs (6.3 per 1,000 against 1.9), possession of weapons (1.6 per 1,000 against 0.7) and other crime (4 per 1,000 against 1.8). Vehicle crime sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 1,346 | 51.3 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 677 | 25.8 | 12.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 257 | 9.8 | 6.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 188 | 7.2 | 6.1 |
| Public order | not graded | 185 | 7.1 | 5.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 164 | 6.3 | 1.9 |
| Other theft | not graded | 154 | 5.9 | 4.4 |
| Other crime | not graded | 106 | 4 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 85 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 53 | 2 | 2.8 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 42 | 1.6 | 0.7 |
| Robbery | Violent | 22 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 20 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Set against 242 towns its size, Fleetwood is 210th
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heswall Merseyside | 29,082 | 14.3 | 5.5 | 3.8 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | Ormskirk Lancashire | 27,720 | 21.3 | 7.4 | 8.2 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 41 | Penwortham Lancashire | 20,489 | 24.8 | 8.8 | 6.7 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 69 | Thornton Lancashire | 19,263 | 27.6 | 10.9 | 7.1 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 102 | Fulwood Lancashire | 34,693 | 32.1 | 12.7 | 9.4 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 207 | Littlehampton West Sussex | 19,060 | 49.9 | 19.9 | 23.1 | D |
| 208 | Brierley Hill West Midlands | 32,311 | 47.5 | 22.6 | 29.3 | D |
| 209 | Colne Lancashire | 18,914 | 49.5 | 21.2 | 16.5 | D |
| 210 | Fleetwood Lancashire | 26,224 | 54.4 | 17.8 | 15.9 | D |
| 211 | Truro Cornwall | 23,060 | 56.3 | 16.3 | 22.4 | D |
| 212 | Cradley Heath West Midlands | 18,819 | 52.5 | 20.2 | 11.8 | D |
| 213 | Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock Essex | 23,589 | 39.9 | 33.1 | 44.4 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 242 | Great Yarmouth Norfolk | 28,979 | 105 | 32.9 | 33.7 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Fleetwood, and others in Lancashire.
Police in Fleetwood identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 55% of Fleetwood’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 8% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (66% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 8% of violent and 5% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 2,045 crimes.
Crime in Fleetwood per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 15 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 14 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Lowest recorded crime in Warren, Park and Rossall; highest in Pharos
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | 4,814 | 27.6 | 8.6 | |
| Park | 4,979 | 35.6 | 10.8 | |
| Rossall | 6,119 | 44.3 | 14.5 | |
| Mount | 5,142 | 64.3 | 23.1 | |
| Pharos | 5,170 | 99.5 | 31.8 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 379 | 41% shoplifting & theft |
| Petrol stations | 173 | 57% shoplifting & theft |
| Car parks | 119 | 33% violent |
| Nightclubs | 104 | 38% violent |
| Police stations | 94 | 39% anti-social behaviour |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 55 | 35% violent |
| Shopping areas | 54 | 41% anti-social behaviour |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Pharos records 2.3× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Fleetwood. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Fleetwood. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Fleetwood’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
Violent crime held steady over the year
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +1% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -10% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft +3% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour -42% (towns its size -4%).
No one died in a collision on Fleetwood’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 156 collisions with injuries inside Fleetwood in five years. 77 people were killed or seriously injured: 14 on foot and 16 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Fleetwood’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fleetwood’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Fleetwood had 58.7 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8). 18% of them were on foot, against 30% across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Fleetwood’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Fleetwood
Fleetwood records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Cleveleys, 2.3 miles away, records 32.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Fleetwood’s 54.4.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Fleetwood sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Fleetwood
Is Fleetwood safe?
Police recorded 54.4 violent and sexual offences and 17.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Fleetwood’s built-up area). That earns a D for safety: less crime per resident than 6% of UK towns. Among 242 UK towns of 18,000 to 35,000 people, Fleetwood is 210th from the least crime.
What are the safest areas of Fleetwood?
By council ward, Warren, Park and Rossall record the least violent and household crime per resident: 27.6, 35.6 and 44.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 99.5 in Pharos.
Is crime going up in Fleetwood?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 10%, shoplifting and theft held steady and anti-social behaviour fell 42%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
Is Fleetwood town centre safe at night?
police.uk placed 104 crimes and reports at or near nightclubs in three years, 38% of them violent, and Pharos ward records 99.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 of its residents a year. Over the last two years, violent crime peaked in July and was lowest in October.
What is the most common crime in Fleetwood?
Violence & sexual offences: 1,346 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (257) and shoplifting (188), with 677 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Fleetwood compare with Blackpool?
Blackpool records 79.1 violent and sexual offences and 26.3 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Fleetwood’s 54.4 and 17.8, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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