Total Crime Rate
121.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025East Park Drive area has the 10th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Marton , and the 229th highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around East Park Drive (FY3 9RS) in the last 12 months was 121.8 per 1,000 residents and was 8.3% lower than the Marton average (132.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 144.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 29.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around East Park Drive (FY3 9RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Colchester Road, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Knaresboro Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Marton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonard'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Knaresboro Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Knaresboro Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonard'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colchester Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colchester Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsboro Avenue | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonard'S Road | — |
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