Total Crime Rate

351.9 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 351.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 144.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 81.5 10/10
  • Drugs 22.2 10/10
  • Other theft 18.5 9/10
  • Public order 18.5 9/10
  • Burglary 14.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.4 9/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.7 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Woodfield Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 80th 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 Woodfield Road (FY1 6AX) in the last 12 months was 351.9 per 1,000 residents and was 32.1% lower than the Bloomfield average (518.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 166.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodfield Road (FY1 6AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Butler Road, where police recorded 143 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tyldesley Road (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woodfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bagot Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amberbanks Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Amberbanks Grove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Amberbanks Grove —
Sep 2025Robbery Amberbanks Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gadsby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gadsby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gadsby Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amberbanks Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Butler Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Butler Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Butler Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Butler Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Butler Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amberbanks Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amberbanks Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Duke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Moon Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West View Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Royle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Royle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Back Woodfield Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royle Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ball Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West View Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lowrey Terrace —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West View Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back Clarendon Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowrey Terrace Under investigation

Data Sources

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