Total Crime Rate
201.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bispham Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Greenlands , and the 143rd 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 Bispham Road (FY2 0SX) in the last 12 months was 201.8 per 1,000 residents and was 98.7% higher than the Greenlands average (101.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -76.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bispham Road (FY2 0SX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plymouth Road, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broderick Avenue (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Greenlands| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hughes Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plymouth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plymouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plymouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hughes Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Holyoake Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plymouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holcombe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sidney Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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