Total Crime Rate
1550.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
937.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queen Street 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 Queen Street (FY1 2AY) 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 Queen Street (FY1 2AY), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Deansgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Deansgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Deansgate | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yates Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Deansgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abingdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abingdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Abingdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Yates Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yates Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | New Larkhill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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