Total Crime Rate

164.7 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 164.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.5 8/10
  • Public order 11.8 8/10
  • Other crime 8.8 9/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 7th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Layton , and the 170th highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dinmore Avenue (FY3 7TX) in the last 12 months was 164.7 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% lower 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 91.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dinmore Avenue (FY3 7TX), the main crime hotspot is near Overdale Grove. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dinmore Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silsden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marchwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Progress Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Chipping Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chipping Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hammerton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hammerton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hammerton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hammerton Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Silsden Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chipping Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silsden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Overdale Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overdale Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overdale Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shorefileds Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shorefileds Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overdale Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Overdale Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marchwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hammerton Place —
Sep 2025Burglary Garstang Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dinmore Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dinmore Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowland Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chipping Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Dinmore Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chipping Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chipping Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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