Total Crime Rate
515.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
212.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Promenade area has the 19th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 37th 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 Promenade (FY4 1AZ) in the last 12 months was 515.7 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% higher than the Bloomfield average (459.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -89.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 212.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Promenade (FY4 1AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 119 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brighton Avenue (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Miller Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dean Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Montague Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmoral Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theme/Adventure Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theme/Adventure Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theme/Adventure Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theme/Adventure Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theme/Adventure Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theme/Adventure Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Withnell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theme/Adventure Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Windsor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Osborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Byron Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Withnell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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