Total Crime Rate

830.3 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 830.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 284.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 262.4 10/10
  • Drugs 64.8 10/10
  • Public order 58.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 52.5 10/10
  • Other theft 34.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.7 10/10
  • Robbery 18.5 10/10
  • Burglary 15.4 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.3 10/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Lytham Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 17th 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 Lytham Road (FY1 6DJ) in the last 12 months was 830.3 per 1,000 residents and was 60.3% higher 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 92 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 120 (≈ 370.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lytham Road (FY1 6DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Back Waterloo Road, where police recorded 149 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lytham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West View Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back Waterloo Road
Sep 2025Burglary St Bede'S Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Bede'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Bede'S Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West View Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Back Woodfield Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bagot Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Waterloo Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Waterloo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Waterloo Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Waterloo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Waterloo Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Waterloo Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Waterloo Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adrian Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nelson Road
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nelson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kirby Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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