Total Crime Rate
548.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
249.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stansfield Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 490 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 Stansfield Street (FY1 6JB) in the last 12 months was 548.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.3% higher than the Bloomfield average (459.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 249.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stansfield Street (FY1 6JB), the main crime hotspot is near Blackpool South. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elland Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West View Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Elland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elland Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Seymour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Seymour Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackpool South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Castlegate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlegate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlegate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlegate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlegate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Heliers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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