Total Crime Rate
2263.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
781.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Street (FY1 1HU) in the last 12 months was 2263.5 per 1,000 residents and was 392.6% higher than the Bloomfield average (459.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 213 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -47.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 276 (≈ 781.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Street (FY1 1HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 624 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (284 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clifton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clifton Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clifton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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