Total Crime Rate

160.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 160.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 61.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.4 7/10
  • Shoplifting 29.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Oldfield Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Bispham , and the 174th highest crime rate of 494 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 Oldfield Avenue (FY2 9NE) in the last 12 months was 160.0 per 1,000 residents and was 88.9% higher than the Bispham average (84.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oldfield Avenue (FY2 9NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Landseer Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Oldfield Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Countess Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Davenport Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Landseer Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Landseer Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bryning Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Landseer Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Red Bank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waller Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bamber Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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