Total Crime Rate
360.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
156.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dickson Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Claremont , and the 69th highest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dickson Road (FY1 2BX) in the last 12 months was 360.3 per 1,000 residents and was 16.7% lower 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 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 156.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dickson Road (FY1 2BX), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 359 crimes here, including 228 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eaves Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaves Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lynn Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lynn Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynn Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Imperial Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Imperial Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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