Total Crime Rate

300.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 300.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 153.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.7 10/10
  • Public order 34.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 9.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Dinmore Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Layton , and the 95th 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 Dinmore Avenue (FY3 7RR) in the last 12 months was 300.9 per 1,000 residents and was 74.6% 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 188.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dinmore Avenue (FY3 7RR), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Dinmore Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Furness Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Draycot Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haslow Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furness Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Forshaw Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Forshaw Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forshaw Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forshaw Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Dingle Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furness Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furness Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Furness Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Draycot Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shorefileds Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haslow Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gateside Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chepstow Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chepstow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shorefileds Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gateside Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forshaw Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Forshaw Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forshaw Avenue —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Adstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Adstone Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haslow Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furness Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haslow Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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