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Squires Gate

Ward

South Blackpool. About 6,602 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Squires Gate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,539
Joint 4,020th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Squires Gate compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Squires GateMiddle
Population21 wards, Blackpool · 2021
Population: every ward in Blackpool21 areas from 5,100 to 7,567. The middle area is 6,931. Squires Gate is 6,539.
6,5396th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 wards, Blackpool · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Blackpool21 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Squires Gate is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage21 wards, Blackpool · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Blackpool21 areas from 74.3% to 99.9%. The middle area is 95.8%. Squires Gate is 94.5%.
94.5%8th lowest
Claimant rate21 wards, Blackpool · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Blackpool21 areas from 2.4% to 12.6%. The middle area is 4.5%. Squires Gate is 3.0%.
3.0%4th lowest

Is Squires Gate safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Squires Gate at a rate of 75.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 183.9 per 1,000 people across Blackpool.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 36 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Squires Gate.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (181), anti-social behaviour (108) and other crime (72).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Blackpool

These figures are published for the whole of Blackpool, not for each ward, so they describe all of Blackpool and not Squires Gate alone. See Blackpool

Average house price
£137,386
Up 6.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£31,858
7th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.3×
Joint 19th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
43.5
Most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Squires Gate in brief

Squires Gate had 6,539 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Squires Gate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Squires Gate, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Squires Gate, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.