Total Crime Rate
180.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Caton Grove area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Layton , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Caton Grove (FY3 7HB) in the last 12 months was 180.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% higher than the Layton average (172.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (β 76.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Caton Grove (FY3 7HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dingle Avenue, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Adstone Avenue (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Layton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Louis Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyncroft Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Adstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hockley Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Croydon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Onslow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grenfell Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grenfell Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gisburn Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fulwood Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fulwood Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fulwood Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Adstone Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fulwood Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Alder Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kingscote Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dingle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garrick Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garrick Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wilford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Garrick Grove | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kingscote Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingscote Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingscote Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingscote Drive | β |
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