Total Crime Rate
467.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
126.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bolton Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 49th highest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bolton Street (FY1 6AA) in the last 12 months was 467.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.7% higher than the Bloomfield average (459.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -43.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 126.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bolton Street (FY1 6AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Back Waterloo Road, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adrian Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Miller Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Commercial Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Miller Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Austin Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Austin Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Waterloo Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Austin Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Austin Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Back Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Duke Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Back Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Bede'S Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crystal Mews | — |
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