Total Crime Rate
820.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
404.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shannon Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 15th 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 Shannon Street (FY1 5AL) in the last 12 months was 820.4 per 1,000 residents and was 78.5% higher 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 113 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 8.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 135 (≈ 404.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shannon Street (FY1 5AL), the main crime hotspot is near Hull Road. Police recorded 452 crimes here, including 199 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Taylor Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pier Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Coop Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hopton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blundell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blundell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bairstow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Butler Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butler Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Butler Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Butler Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Butler Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coop Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Butler Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vance Road | Under investigation |
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