Total Crime Rate

180.0 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 180.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 92.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.0 9/10
  • Other crime 8.0 9/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Caton 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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.

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Crime Over Time in Caton Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Louis Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lyncroft Crescent β€”
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Adstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hockley Place β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croydon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Onslow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brockway Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grenfell Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grenfell Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gisburn Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fulwood Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fulwood Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fulwood Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Adstone Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fulwood Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Alder Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Kingscote Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dingle Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garrick Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garrick Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wilford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Garrick Grove Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kingscote Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beckway Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingscote Drive β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingscote Drive β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingscote Drive β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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