Total Crime Rate
826.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rudyard Place area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Layton , and the 18th 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 Rudyard Place (FY3 7PB) in the last 12 months was 826.5 per 1,000 residents and was 379.5% 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 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -5.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 80 (β 365.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rudyard Place (FY3 7PB), the main crime hotspot is near Haslow Place. Police recorded 91 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Layton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dawlish Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haslow Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haslow Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garrick Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garrick Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Garrick Grove | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Haslow Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haslow Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Alder Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Adstone Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Onslow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haslow Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haslow Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chepstow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chepstow Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dingle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hockley Place | β |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Fulwood Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawlish Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haslow Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Adstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eastwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haslow Place | β |
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