Total Crime Rate
161.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rydal Avenue area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 167th highest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rydal Avenue (FY1 4AR) in the last 12 months was 161.2 per 1,000 residents and was 64.9% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 68.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rydal Avenue (FY1 4AR), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 159 crimes here, including 72 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 | Back Read'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyre Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palatine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Revoe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rydal Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woolman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyre Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyre Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Montrose Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Clinton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clinton Avenue | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribble Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribble Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribble Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribble Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palatine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ribble Road | — |
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