Total Crime Rate
786.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hilton Avenue area has the 14th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 20th highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hilton Avenue (FY1 6HF) in the last 12 months was 786.5 per 1,000 residents and was 51.8% 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 Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 115 (≈ 409.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 69.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hilton Avenue (FY1 6HF), 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 (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bloomfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Station Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stansfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bagot Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moore Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Bede'S Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Bede'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Bede'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Stansfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Stansfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stansfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adrian Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowrey Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stansfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stansfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stansfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stansfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stansfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stansfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stansfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Byron Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowrey Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stansfield Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Amberbanks Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Waterloo Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Waterloo Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Waterloo Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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