Total Crime Rate
159.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Somerset Court area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 170th 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 Somerset Court (FY1 5QQ) in the last 12 months was 159.6 per 1,000 residents and was 65.3% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 99.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Somerset Court (FY1 5QQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitegate Drive, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gloucester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Alban'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitegate Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitegate Drive | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitegate Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Meadow Lane | 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 | Gloucester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmer Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitegate Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland 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 | Glen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bankfield Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bankfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Alban'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Salisbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cumberland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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