Total Crime Rate

429.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 429.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 113.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 99.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 95.0 10/10
  • Public order 40.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.1 9/10
  • Other theft 18.1 9/10
  • Drugs 13.6 9/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Robbery 4.5 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Central Drive area has the 31st highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 61st highest crime rate of 494 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 Central Drive (FY1 5EE) in the last 12 months was 429.9 per 1,000 residents and was 17.0% lower than the Bloomfield average (518.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 149.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Central Drive (FY1 5EE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 328 crimes here, including 154 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Central Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/100)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rydal Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Erdington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Erdington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erdington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Rydal Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Anderson Street —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Anderson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anderson Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harrison Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harrison Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Harrison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rydal Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freckleton Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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