Total Crime Rate
482.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
200.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dean 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 Dean Street (FY4 1BP) 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 Dean Street (FY4 1BP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 130 crimes here, including 55 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawrence Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Montague Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Byron Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Bede'S Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garden Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Miller Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Miller Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Montague Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Windsor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Avenue | — |
| 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 | Back Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Castlegate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlegate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackpool South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dean Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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