Total Crime Rate
65.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lytham Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bloomfield , and the 162nd lowest crime rate of 490 local areas in Blackpool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lytham Road (FY4 1DS) in the last 12 months was 65.6 per 1,000 residents and was 85.7% lower than the Bloomfield average (459.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (β 42.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lytham Road (FY4 1DS), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dean Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hampton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackpool South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackpool South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Castlegate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Bede'S Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Bede'S Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Bede'S Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Bede'S Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlegate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlegate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garden Terrace | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlegate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlegate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Waterloo Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Back Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Back Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Windsor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Back Waterloo Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Back Waterloo Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Bede'S Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Bede'S Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garden Terrace | β |
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