Crime Rates at Kentmere Drive, Blackpool, FY4 4TW

Kentmere Drive area has the 31st highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Clifton , and the 232nd highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kentmere Drive (FY4 4TW) in the last 12 months was 119.2 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% lower than the Clifton average (258.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 56.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kentmere Drive (FY4 4TW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Astling Green, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rusland Avenue (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.