Total Crime Rate
382.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dickson Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Claremont , and the 70th highest crime rate of 494 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 2ET) in the last 12 months was 382.4 per 1,000 residents and was 16.9% lower than the Claremont average (460.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (β 147.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dickson Road (FY1 2ET), the main crime hotspot is near A584. Police recorded 163 crimes here, including 84 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Claremont| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bute Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Richmond Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walker Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Filey Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | General Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | General Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorhouse Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorhouse Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorhouse Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walker Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Derby Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Braithwaite Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Braithwaite Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Braithwaite Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Lord Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bute Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Warbreck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Back Warbreck Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Back Warbreck Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Walker Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynn Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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