Total Crime Rate
1550.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
937.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dickson Road area has the highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Claremont , and the 4th 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 Dickson Road (FY1 2AE) in the last 12 months was 1550.6 per 1,000 residents and was 258.6% higher than the Claremont average (432.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 628 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 5 cases , up 25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -46.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 759 (≈ 937.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dickson Road (FY1 2AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clifton Street, where police recorded 508 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 | The Strand | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back Pleasant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Pleasant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Pleasant Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Strand | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Strand | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Strand | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Strand | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Strand | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Strand | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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