# FY4 1QR: area report for a postcode in Blackpool

FY4 1QR is a postcode in Blackpool.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Blackpool. Open the map at FY4 1QR for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Blackpool](https://openindex.co.uk/blackpool) › [FY4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/fy4) › [FY4 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/fy4-1)

## Around this postcode

- **26 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 19% on July. Blackpool 019E: 59 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-3.0501,53.7786,FY41QR
- **Squires Gate, 140 m**: About 2 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-3.0501,53.7786,FY41QR
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 700 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-3.0501,53.7786,FY41QR
- **No property in FY4 1QR listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-3.0501,53.7786,FY41QR
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Blackpool 019E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-3.0501,53.7786,FY41QR
- **£137,386 average price**: For the whole of Blackpool, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-3.0501,53.7786,FY41QR
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 360 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-3.0501,53.7786,FY41QR
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 280 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-3.0501,53.7786,FY41QR
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at FY4 1QR**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-3.0501,53.7786,FY41QR
- **Low road and rail noise at FY4 1QR**: Road 53 dB, rail 41 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-3.0501,53.7786,FY41QR
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-3.0501,53.7786,FY41QR
- **7.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-3.0501,53.7786,FY41QR

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Roseacre Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/roseacre-primary-academy-e146743) | Primary | 700 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2023 | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Armfield Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/armfield-academy-e145863) | All-through | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023 | 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Thames Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thames-primary-academy-e138927) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, December 2023 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Highfield Leadership Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highfield-leadership-academy-e142469) | Secondary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), March 2024 | Attainment 8 of 35.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Hawes Side Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hawes-side-academy-e138538) | Primary | 1.9 km (23 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met, special measures | 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, Blackpool](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-of-the-assumption-catholic-primary-school-blackpool-e150866) | Primary | 1.9 km (23 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2023 | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [South Shore Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/south-shore-academy-e151443) | Secondary | 2 km (25 minutes on foot) | Inadequate (overall), June 2023, before the school changed, special measures | Attainment 8 of 34.4 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 2025 | £200,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| August 2025 | £224,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| January 2025 | £143,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| February 2026 | £285,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| August 2026 | £160,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| April 2025 | £165,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| July 2026 | £210,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| December 2025 | £94,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Squires Gate (140 m, 2 minutes on foot); Starr Gate (400 m, 5 minutes on foot); Harrow Place (680 m, 8 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: HIGHFIELD SURGERY (360 m); STONYHILL MEDICAL PRACTICE (360 m)
- Pharmacies: LYTHAM ROAD PHARMACY (670 m); WELL (800 m); MORRISONS PHARMACY (970 m)
- Dental practices: LYTHAM ROAD (DENTAL SURGERY) (360 m)
- Supermarkets: Lidl South Shore Blackpool (280 m, Lidl); Morrisons Daily Blackpool 71 Harrowside (640 m, Morrisons); Tesco South Shore Express (810 m, Tesco); Morrisons South Shore Blackpool (960 m, Morrisons)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £137,386** (July 2026). Blackpool’s average house price was £137,386 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 6.8% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £31,858** (2025). Full-time workers living in Blackpool earned a median of £31,858 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 7th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 4.3×** (2025). A home in Blackpool costs 4.3 times local full-time pay. Joint 19th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 43.5** (2025). Blackpool has a deprivation score of 43.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Blackpool 019E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 13.3** (2025). Blackpool 019E has a deprivation score of 13.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 12,575th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £220,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Blackpool 019E was £220,000 in 2025. Joint 8,379th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,583** (2021). Blackpool 019E had 1,583 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,035th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.8%** (January 2026). In Blackpool 019E, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## FY4 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £145,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in FY4 was £145,000 in 2025. Joint 88th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 44,103** (2021). FY4 had 44,103 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 333rd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in FY4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.8%** (January 2026). In FY4, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Blackpool](https://openindex.co.uk/blackpool)
- Centre: 53.7786, -3.0501

Council: [Blackpool](https://openindex.co.uk/blackpool) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Blackpool South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blackpool-south): Chris Webb (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-3.0501,53.7786,FY41QR

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