Total Crime Rate
105.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marton Drive area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Hawes Side , and the 234th 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 Marton Drive (FY4 3DE) in the last 12 months was 105.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% higher than the Hawes Side average (103.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 59.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marton Drive (FY4 3DE), the main crime hotspot is near Dover Road. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 20 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemingway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harris Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dover Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hemingway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemingway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fir Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wanstead Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemingway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hodder Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Powell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Powell Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Powell Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalewood Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fir Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tranmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Euxton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wanstead Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellesmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Logan Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Logan Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beardshaw Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beardshaw Avenue | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beardshaw Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tranmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fir Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Malham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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