Total Crime Rate
136.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashton Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 200th 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 Ashton Road (FY1 4AG) in the last 12 months was 136.2 per 1,000 residents and was 70.4% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 78.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashton Road (FY1 4AG), the main crime hotspot is near Palatine Road. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 41 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 | Other theft | Read'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyre Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Montrose Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribble Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribble Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyre Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyre Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribble Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribble Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lune Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lune Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lune Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribble Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribble Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ribble Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rydal Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ribble Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palatine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornber Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Anderson Street | Under investigation |
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