Total Crime Rate
642.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Oban Place area has the highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Anchorsholme , and the 29th 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 Oban Place (FY2 0HD) in the last 12 months was 642.9 per 1,000 residents and was 678.4% higher than the Anchorsholme average (82.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (β 219.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oban Place (FY2 0HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Portree Road, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kincraig Place (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Anchorsholme| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portree Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Denholme Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portree Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Primrose Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Portree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Portree Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Irving Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Portree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stronsay Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oban Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Portree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Portree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Portree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Portree Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Portree Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Portree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portree Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portree Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portree Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beattock Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portree Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kincraig Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kincraig Place | β |
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