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Fleetwood

Fleetwood is a town in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 26,232. It has 2 pharmacies, 15 restaurants & cafés, 1 bus stop, and Poulton-le-Fylde railway station 7.5 km away, with the average sold house price is around £197,370. There were around 226 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Fleetwood area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Wyre area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 111,945 residents at roughly 397 people per km².

Council
Wyre
County
Lancashire
Constituency
Lancaster and Fleetwood
Police force
Lancashire
55/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 111th of 294 English council areas — better than 62% of them.

Low crime71
Home affordability78
Affordable rents79
Good schools38
Life expectancy31
Low deprivation51
Employment57
Low council tax44

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 12° / 9° · 31% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:18Sunset 16:32

9h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 3.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

162 reported · August 2026▼ 18% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences69
  • Anti-social behaviour36
  • Public order15
  • Other theft9

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Pharos · Lancashire

Local policing priorities

  • A top priority identified by Pharos ward residents through Lancashire Talking is currently: Drug dealing
  • ASB is another priority you have also raised to us through Lancashire Talking.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

196 reported road collisions (2025)

65 killed or seriously injured · 262 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

231 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 156 rated 4–5 ★ (117 top)
  • 22 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Poulton-Le-Fylde (8.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£188,833 average▲ 1.8% YoY

Across Wyre · to 2026-08

Detached£303,233
Semi-detached£187,648
Terraced£148,404
Flat£95,212

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£743 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £527
  • 2 bed £717
  • 3 bed £854

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,855 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (8.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (7.9 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 60 kW
  • Nearest: Custom House Lane (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches16
  • Golf courses3
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

111,945 residents in Wyre · 397/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,175
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,619
  • Net moves+2,556

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 150 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,461 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 55,960)

A £1,640
B £1,914
C £2,187
D £2,461
E £3,007
F £3,554
G £4,101
H £4,921

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

56 schools · 14,179 pupils

40 primary · 7 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 18 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

51 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Fleetwood High SchoolGood
  • Hodgson AcademyGood
  • Millfield SchoolGood
  • Baines SchoolRequires improvement
  • Garstang Community AcademyRequires improvement
  • Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood
  • Saint Aidan's Church of England High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wyre

Care & health services

1,255 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes424
  • GP practices184
  • Dentists248
  • Homecare agencies288
  • Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lancashire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Fleetwood)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 39 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

125 applications decided

92% granted · 115 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Lorraine Beavers

Labour

Blackpool North and Fleetwood

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 15
  • Con 27
  • Ref 4
  • Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies6
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens15
  • Restaurants & cafés63

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,640 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

126 jobs advertised · £40,701 avg

e.g. Domiciliary care worker - Part time, Shift Manager - Fleetwood, Bank Care Practitioner (Nights)

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£709 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,839 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,701 certificates

11.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

74% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 42% · Wind 32% · Gas 17% · Imports 9%

68 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lancashire): 60.3 women · 59.3 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in FY7

  • Broadway Medical Centre
  • The Mount View Practice
  • Fleetwood Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Blackpool North and Fleetwood:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • St Peter's Church, Fleetwood · 0.2 km

    St Peter's Church is in the seaside town of Fleetwood, Lancashire, England, situated on the Fylde coast. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. It was completed in 1841, to a design by Dec…

  • The Fielden Free Library · 0.2 km

    What became the Fielden Free Library started life as the Whitworth Institute, built in the Venetian Gothic style in 1863. It was bought by Samuel Fielden in 1887 and offered to the town as a public library. It remaine…

  • Pharos Lighthouse, Fleetwood · 0.3 km

    The Pharos Lighthouse is a 93-foot (28 m) tall Runcorn red sandstone lighthouse situated in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. It was designed in 1839 by Decimus Burton and Capt H.M. Denham. Burton has been commissioned…

  • St Mary's Church, Fleetwood · 0.3 km

    St Mary's is a Roman Catholic church in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. Designed by E. W. Pugin, it was built in 1866–67. It is an active church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster. It has been designated a Gra…

  • North Euston Hotel · 0.3 km

    The North Euston Hotel is a hotel in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. It was built between 1840 and 1841, to a design by Decimus Burton. During the second half of the 19th century, the building was used by the War Depa…

  • Fleetwood Museum · 0.3 km

    Fleetwood Museum is a local history and maritime museum in the English seaside town of Fleetwood, Lancashire. The museum was originally the town's Customs House and, completed in 1836, was one of the first buildings c…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Fleetwood?
Fleetwood is a town in Lancashire, England, in the Wyre local authority.
What is the population of Fleetwood?
Fleetwood has an approximate settlement population of 26,232.
How deprived is Fleetwood?
The Wyre local authority, which includes Fleetwood, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.