Total Crime Rate
87.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ribble Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 212th lowest 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 Ribble Road (FY1 4AB) in the last 12 months was 87.7 per 1,000 residents and was 80.9% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 85.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ribble Road (FY1 4AB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 311 crimes here, including 156 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribble Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palatine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Revoe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Revoe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Revoe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Revoe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Revoe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palatine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palatine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palatine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Palatine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Palatine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Palatine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rydal Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Havelock Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Havelock Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Regent Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Havelock Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keswick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orme Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orme Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woolman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashton Road | Under investigation |
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