Total Crime Rate
482.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
200.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rawcliffe 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 Rawcliffe Street (FY4 1BY) 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 Rawcliffe Street (FY4 1BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Back Waterloo Road, where police recorded 115 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 | Bicycle theft | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garden Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garden Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garden Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gordon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Frazer Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Castlegate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlegate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlegate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlegate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlegate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frazer Grove | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Duke Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Montague Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Montague Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Montague Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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