Total Crime Rate
6650.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cookson Street area has the highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Bloomfield , and the highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cookson Street (FY1 3EA) in the last 12 months was 6650.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1183.7% higher than the Bloomfield average (518.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 480 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 12 cases , down -7.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 38.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -48.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 605 (≈ 2853.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cookson Street (FY1 3EA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 168 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bloomfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fleet Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alfred Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elizabeth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winstanley Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winstanley Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winstanley Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alfred Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buchanan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buchanan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Road East | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackpool North | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Milbourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cookson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parker Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parker Street | Under investigation |
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