Total Crime Rate

734.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 734.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 237.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 218.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 51.3 10/10
  • Other theft 44.9 10/10
  • Drugs 41.7 10/10
  • Public order 41.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 38.5 10/10
  • Burglary 25.6 10/10
  • Other crime 16.0 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.4 9/10
  • Robbery 6.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dickson Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Claremont , and the 25th highest crime rate of 494 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 2EU) in the last 12 months was 734.0 per 1,000 residents and was 59.5% higher than the Claremont average (460.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 272.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dickson Road (FY1 2EU), the main crime hotspot is near Bute Avenue. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dickson Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/84)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pleasant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Back High Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bute Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bute Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bute Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bute Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bute Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bute Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bute Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bute Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bute Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Banks Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exchange Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Exchange Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Exchange Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Francis Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Francis Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Francis Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exchange Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lewtas Street —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lewtas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lewtas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lewtas Street Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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