Total Crime Rate

78.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 78.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.8 7/10
  • Burglary 14.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ventnor Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Squires Gate , and the 182nd lowest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ventnor Road (FY4 1LF) in the last 12 months was 78.3 per 1,000 residents and was 5.0% higher than the Squires Gate average (74.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ventnor Road (FY4 1LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wimbourne Place, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ventnor Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swanage Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greystoke Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boscombe Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Tudor Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horncliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greystoke Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Horncliffe Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boscombe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Harrowside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Harrowside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burlington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burlington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burlington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Swanage Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandhills Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boscombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bournemouth Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wimbourne Place —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burlington Road West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burlington Road West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandhills Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rosebery Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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