Crime Rates at Finchley Road, Blackpool, FY1 2LP

Finchley Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Claremont , and the 207th highest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Finchley Road (FY1 2LP) in the last 12 months was 123.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.4% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 58.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Finchley Road (FY1 2LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gynn Avenue, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carshalton Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.