Total Crime Rate
293.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mowbray Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Greenlands , and the 99th 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 Mowbray Drive (FY3 7UN) in the last 12 months was 293.2 per 1,000 residents and was 188.8% higher than the Greenlands average (101.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 143.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mowbray Drive (FY3 7UN), the main crime hotspot is near Hoyle Close. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Greenlands| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Holyoake Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poulton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawlish Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dawlish Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baines Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baines Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenbriar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argosy Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Draycot Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoyle Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoyle Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoyle Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Draycot Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mellwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carleton Avenue | — |
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