Total Crime Rate
2651.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025This area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around This (FY1 4PW) in the last 12 months was 2651.6 per 1,000 residents and was 411.8% higher than the Bloomfield average (518.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 230 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 58.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 309 (≈ 875.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode FY1 4PW, the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 888 crimes here, including 292 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bloomfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cookson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cookson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Livingstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Livingstone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Livingstone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westwell Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
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