Crime Rates at Empress Drive, Blackpool, FY2 9SE

Empress Drive area has the 7th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Claremont , and the 50th 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 Empress Drive (FY2 9SE) in the last 12 months was 490.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.6% higher than the Claremont average (460.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 77.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 209.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Empress Drive (FY2 9SE), the main crime hotspot is near Northumberland Avenue. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.