Total Crime Rate

320.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 320.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 75.5 10/10
  • Burglary 70.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.3 10/10
  • Public order 23.6 10/10
  • Robbery 9.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Shoplifting 4.7 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cookson Street area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 89th 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 Cookson Street (FY1 3EF) in the last 12 months was 320.8 per 1,000 residents and was 38.1% lower 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -90.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 122.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cookson Street (FY1 3EF), the main crime hotspot is near Queen Street. Police recorded 379 crimes here, including 219 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cookson Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edward Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edward Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grosvenor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Street
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Other theft Charles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edward Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Regent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Road
Sep 2025Public order Platt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Platt Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whiteside Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Edward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Deansgate Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deansgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deansgate Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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