Total Crime Rate
86.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cumberland Avenue area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 207th lowest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cumberland Avenue (FY1 5QH) in the last 12 months was 86.0 per 1,000 residents and was 81.3% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -70.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cumberland Avenue (FY1 5QH), the main crime hotspot is near Palatine Road. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 41 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 | Montreal Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palatine Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other theft | Bennett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palatine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cumberland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palatine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palatine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Palatine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Palatine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Palatine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Alban'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Salisbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmer Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keswick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orme Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orme Street | — |
| 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 | Keswick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jameson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fern Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Grove | Under investigation |
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