Total Crime Rate
631.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chepstow Court area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Layton , and the 30th 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 Chepstow Court (FY3 7PQ) in the last 12 months was 631.3 per 1,000 residents and was 266.3% higher than the Layton average (172.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 292.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chepstow Court (FY3 7PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haslow Place, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elston Avenue (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Layton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Forshaw Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elston Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Forshaw Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fulwood Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fulwood Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fulwood Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fulwood Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Adstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Draycot Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Adstone Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dawlish Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawlish Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Louis Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chepstow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chepstow Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dingle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gateside Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gateside Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hockley Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forshaw Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Draycot Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elston Avenue | Under investigation |
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