Total Crime Rate

50.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 50.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.8 4/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Plymouth Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Claremont , and the 96th lowest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Plymouth Road (FY3 7JS) in the last 12 months was 50.4 per 1,000 residents and was 89.0% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plymouth Road (FY3 7JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brooklyn Avenue, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wembley Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Plymouth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eastwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hughes Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poulton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carleton Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mellwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holyoake Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plymouth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plymouth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plymouth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hughes Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eastwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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