Total Crime Rate

202.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

84.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 202.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 84.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.7 9/10
  • Burglary 33.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.6 10/10
  • Public order 18.9 9/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cookson Street area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 130th highest crime rate of 490 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 202.8 per 1,000 residents and was 55.9% lower than the Bloomfield average (459.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 84.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cookson Street (FY1 3EF), the main crime hotspot is near Queen Street. Police recorded 299 crimes here, including 194 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
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alfred Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Grosvenor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Deansgate Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Regent Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Regent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Regent Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Deansgate Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whiteside Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Handley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Handley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Handley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Fairhurst Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fairhurst Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parker Street
Apr 2026Other theft Deansgate Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Deansgate Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Parker Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blackpool North Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Blackpool North Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blackpool North Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blackpool North Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fisher Street

Data Sources

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