Total Crime Rate
756.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
351.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Seymour Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 20th highest crime rate of 490 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 Seymour Road (FY1 6JH) in the last 12 months was 756.4 per 1,000 residents and was 64.6% 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 102 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 137 (≈ 351.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Seymour Road (FY1 6JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westbourne Avenue, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maudland Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lowrey Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Amberbanks Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maudland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maudland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maudland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hyde Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberbanks Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West View Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Maudland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Elland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowrey Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sands Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Heliers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowrey Terrace | Under investigation |
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