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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 (IoD2019). 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
54/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 127th of 294 English council areas — better than 57% of them.

Low crime71
Home affordability78
Affordable rents79
Good schools24
Life expectancy35
Low deprivation46
Employment59
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

16°CCloudy

  • Today: 17° / 16° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:35

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

Crime

196 reported · July 2026 20% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences93
  • Anti-social behaviour39
  • Criminal damage & arson15
  • Shoplifting11

Neighbourhood team: Pharos · Lancashire

Local policing priorities

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

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

Road safety

180 reported road collisions (2024)

72 killed or seriously injured · 246 casualties · 16.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

235 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 160 rated 4–5 ★ (120 top)
  • 22 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

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

£193,024 average 6% YoY

Across Wyre · to 2026-06

Detached£312,099
Semi-detached£191,598
Terraced£150,278
Flat£97,467

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£737 average monthly rent 6.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £523
  • 2 bed £711
  • 3 bed £848

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

Fuel prices

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

7 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)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 147 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

14% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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

57 schools · 14,449 pupils

41 primary · 7 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 18 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

52inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Fleetwood High SchoolGood
  • Hodgson AcademyGood
  • Millfield Science & Performing Arts CollegeGood
  • 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 homes423
  • GP practices184
  • Dentists250
  • Homecare agencies290
  • Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 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

136 applications decided

86.8% granted · 118 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Lorraine Beavers

Labour

Blackpool North and Fleetwood

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

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

4,515 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

139 jobs advertised · £36,303 avg

e.g. Staff Nurse - Outpatients Fixed Term, Care Assistant - Fleetwood, Shift Manager - Fleetwood

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£709 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% 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

75% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 55% · Imports 18% · Wind 13% · Biomass 7%

36 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 78.5 yrs 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

Local petitions

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

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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 IoD2019.