Total Crime Rate
618.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holmfield Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Claremont , and the 32nd 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 Holmfield Road (FY2 9SL) in the last 12 months was 618.5 per 1,000 residents and was 34.4% 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 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -88.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 97 (≈ 229.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holmfield Road (FY2 9SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 105 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northumberland Avenue (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Claremont| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redvers Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormond Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Argyll Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King George Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King George Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King George Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ormond Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambray Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northumberland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redvers Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Empress Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Empress Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Empress Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambray Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Northfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Paul'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | East Boothroyden | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Boothroyden | Under investigation |
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