Total Crime Rate
529.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
278.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cocker Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brunswick , and the 34th 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 Cocker Street (FY1 2EB) in the last 12 months was 529.0 per 1,000 residents and was 161.7% higher than the Brunswick average (202.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 278.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cocker Street (FY1 2EB), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 215 crimes here, including 123 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clevedon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clevedon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clevedon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blackpool North | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackpool North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Yates Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yates Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yates Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackpool North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackpool North | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sherbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Platt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gardeners Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Ashburton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Ashburton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Ashburton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hawthorn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Road | Under investigation |
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