Total Crime Rate
78.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Albans Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 191st lowest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Albans Road (FY1 4EQ) in the last 12 months was 78.5 per 1,000 residents and was 82.9% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 49.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Albans Road (FY1 4EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitegate Drive, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gainsborough Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Alban'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Alban'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyceum Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlboro Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlboro Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlboro Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitegate Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ripon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Salisbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cumberland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmer Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gloucester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle View Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitegate Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitegate Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ripon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitegate Drive | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Road | Under investigation |
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