Total Crime Rate
482.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
200.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Montague Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 44th highest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Montague Street (FY4 1AT) in the last 12 months was 482.2 per 1,000 residents and was 4.9% higher than the Bloomfield average (459.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 200.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Montague Street (FY4 1AT), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Miller Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Withnell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Montague Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Bede'S Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Bede'S Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Bede'S Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Bede'S Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Withnell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Withnell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Osborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Bede'S Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Miller Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Bede'S Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Commercial Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Montague Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Montague Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theme/Adventure Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rawcliffe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Windsor Avenue | Under investigation |
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