Total Crime Rate
145.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cambridge Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 185th 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 Cambridge Road (FY1 3QQ) in the last 12 months was 145.6 per 1,000 residents and was 68.3% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 76.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cambridge Road (FY1 3QQ), the main crime hotspot is near Leeds Road. Police recorded 102 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Danesbury Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Granville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Peter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peter Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leamington Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Myrtle Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Leeds Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leeds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Saw Mills | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leicester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leicester Road | — |
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