Total Crime Rate

786.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 786.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 327.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 202.9 10/10
  • Public order 53.4 10/10
  • Other theft 49.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.7 10/10
  • Burglary 24.9 10/10
  • Other crime 17.8 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 17.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.8 10/10
  • Drugs 10.7 8/10
  • Robbery 10.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 3.6 3/10
  • 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

Hilton 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hilton Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Station Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stansfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bagot Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moore Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Bede'S Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Bede'S Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Bede'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Stansfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Stansfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stansfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adrian Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowrey Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stansfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stansfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stansfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Stansfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Stansfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Stansfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stansfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Byron Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowrey Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stansfield Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Amberbanks Grove
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Waterloo Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Waterloo Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Waterloo Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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