FY4 4XE Area Guide - Crime, Schools & Is It a Good Place to Live?

FY4 4XE is a postcode in Hawes Side, Blackpool, North West, England. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near FY4 4XE, then scores the surrounding small area 56/100 - top 48% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around FY4 4XE are safety and jobs, while housing is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for FY4 4XE is based on Fylde 001 Census 2021. It covers 8,511 residents, 129 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 47, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 78% owner-occupied, 15% privately rented, 7% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official England neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 5/10.

For property prices near FY4 4XE, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the FY4 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £135k from 142 rolling sales, up 9.8% month-on-month. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near FY4 4XE by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

LocaleIQ checks available planning, HMO and roadworks feeds near FY4 4XE; no local change records are currently listed inside this report radius.