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FY1Postcode district

FY1 crime rate and crime map

Recorded crime in FY1 is 2.1 times the Blackpool average and 4.2 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has fallen 15%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.

Blackpool. 34,836 residents in 26 neighbourhoods.

Safety in the UK
1/10High crime
Safety in the world
3/10Above average crime
Living
7.8/10Good
5-year change
−15%fewer crimes
vs the council
2.1×the Blackpool average
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Safety and Living

Safety

Crime severity: 2.1× the Blackpool average (4.2× the England and Wales average)

Crime only, by how serious it is. Compared with every postcode district. Higher is safer.

Living

Based on schools, transport, health, supermarkets, weighted by importance. Crime is not part of it. Higher is better.

Neighbourhoods by Safety

Tested: 79% of scores were within 1 point of what happened next. How we test

Blackpool 011A: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 013A: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 013B: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 010A: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 013C: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 010B: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 008B: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 008C: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 006A: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 008D: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 006B: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 008E: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 011B: Safety 2 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 010C: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 010D: no scoreBlackpool 010E: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 011D: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 011E: Safety 3 out of 10, above average crimeBlackpool 012D: Safety 3 out of 10, above average crimeBlackpool 012E: Safety 5 out of 10, average crimeBlackpool 011F: Safety 2 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 015B: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 015C: Safety 2 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 015D: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 006C: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeBlackpool 005D: Safety 2 out of 10, high crime
1 = least safe, 10 = safest. Grey: no score. Select a neighbourhood to open it on the map.

1 neighbourhood has no population figure, so it is not scored.

Crime over 5 years

Down 15% in 5 years Recorded crimes in FY1, anti-social behaviour left out.

Sep 2021 – Aug 2022: 12,087 crimesSep 2021 – Aug 202212,087Sep 2022 – Aug 2023: 11,066 crimesSep 2022 – Aug 202311,066Sep 2023 – Aug 2024: 10,719 crimesSep 2023 – Aug 202410,719Sep 2024 – Aug 2025: 10,868 crimesSep 2024 – Aug 202510,868Sep 2025 – Aug 2026: 10,252 crimesSep 2025 – Aug 202610,252

What is recorded

Crime severity: 2.1× the Blackpool average (4.2× the England and Wales average). 315 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.

  • Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 66% of the harm here
  • Burglary: 12% of the harm here
  • Robbery: 7% of the harm here

"Violence and sexual offences" is 66% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.

Anti-social behaviour: 143 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.

Shops, transport, schools and health

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Scores use fixed distance bands, so they do not depend on other districts. Higher is better.

Supermarkets

Excellent accessScore 9 out of 10
  • Typical distance to a large supermarket: 800 m.
  • Sainsburys Blackpool (Sainsburys), 740 m from the district centre
  • M&S Blackpool (Marks and Spencer), 920 m from the district centre
  • Lidl Marton Blackpool (Lidl), 1.2 km from the district centre

Transport

Excellent accessScore 10 out of 10
  • Typical number of bus stops within 400 m: 8.
  • Nearest railway station: Blackpool North Rail Station, 910 m from the district centre
  • Nearest tram or metro stop: North Station (Blackpool Tramway), 880 m from the district centre

Schools

Fair schools nearbyScore 6 out of 10

Primary schools within 2 km

  • Waterloo Primary Academy: Expected standard (report card, 2026), 190 m away
  • St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool: Good (graded inspection of the predecessor school, 2023), 200 m away
  • Revoe Learning Academy: Good (graded inspection, 2024), 230 m away
  • Holy Family Catholic Primary School: Good (ungraded inspection of the predecessor school, 2021), 240 m away
  • Layton Primary School: Outstanding (ungraded inspection, 2024), 1.6 km away

Secondary schools within 2 km

  • South Shore Academy: Inadequate (graded inspection of the predecessor school, 2023), 470 m away
  • Armfield Academy: Good (graded inspection, 2023), 1.3 km away
  • Highfield Leadership Academy: Requires improvement (graded inspection, 2024), 1.8 km away

    Health

    Good accessScore 7 out of 10
    • Nearest GP surgery: SOUTH KING STREET MEDICAL CENTRE, 380 m from the district centre, CQC rating: Good, rated 2016
    • Nearest hospital with A&E: Southport and Formby District General Hospital, 21.5 km from the district centre

    Crime by type

    Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.

    TypePer 1,000 a year
    Robbery4.5
    Burglary16.6
    Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences)144.3
    Drugs8.7
    Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons)4.0
    Other crime5.9
    Other theft30.2
    Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching)5.8
    Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into)11.9
    Criminal damage and arson (vandalism)32.4
    Public order25.8
    Bicycle theft3.3
    Shoplifting21.3

    How often crimes lead to a charge

    In FY1, 11% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%).

    Violence and sexual offences: 9% chargedCharged or summonsed: 9%Caution or other action: 9%Suspect found, not prosecuted: 61%No suspect identified: 15%Still open: 7%Criminal damage and arson: 7% chargedCharged or summonsed: 7%Caution or other action: 8%Suspect found, not prosecuted: 32%No suspect identified: 44%Still open: 9%Other theft: 2% chargedCharged or summonsed: 2%Caution or other action: 3%Suspect found, not prosecuted: 32%No suspect identified: 57%Still open: 6%Public order: 13% chargedCharged or summonsed: 13%Caution or other action: 8%Suspect found, not prosecuted: 46%No suspect identified: 24%Still open: 9%Shoplifting: 26% chargedCharged or summonsed: 26%Caution or other action: 6%Suspect found, not prosecuted: 22%No suspect identified: 36%Still open: 10%Burglary: 10% chargedCharged or summonsed: 10%Caution or other action: 1%Suspect found, not prosecuted: 18%No suspect identified: 61%Still open: 10%Drugs: 24% chargedCharged or summonsed: 24%Caution or other action: 46%Suspect found, not prosecuted: 9%No suspect identified: 1%Still open: 20%Vehicle crime: 4% chargedCharged or summonsed: 4%Caution or other action: 0%Suspect found, not prosecuted: 14%No suspect identified: 76%Still open: 6%Other crime: 17% chargedCharged or summonsed: 17%Caution or other action: 8%Suspect found, not prosecuted: 53%No suspect identified: 12%Still open: 10%Robbery: 8% chargedCharged or summonsed: 8%Suspect found, not prosecuted: 44%No suspect identified: 38%Still open: 9%Possession of weapons: 37% chargedCharged or summonsed: 37%Caution or other action: 6%Suspect found, not prosecuted: 37%No suspect identified: 6%Still open: 14%Theft from the person: 1% chargedCharged or summonsed: 1%Caution or other action: 4%Suspect found, not prosecuted: 31%No suspect identified: 59%Still open: 5%Bicycle theft: 1% chargedCharged or summonsed: 1%Caution or other action: 1%Suspect found, not prosecuted: 19%No suspect identified: 72%Still open: 6%
    Show as a table
    TypeCrimesCharged or summonsedCaution or other actionSuspect found, not prosecutedNo suspect identifiedStill open
    Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences)5,4529%9%61%15%7%
    Criminal damage and arson (vandalism)8747%8%32%44%9%
    Other theft8672%3%32%57%6%
    Public order83213%8%46%24%9%
    Shoplifting77226%6%22%36%10%
    Burglary44410%1%18%61%10%
    Drugs43524%46%9%1%20%
    Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into)3564%0%14%76%6%
    Other crime29817%8%53%12%10%
    Robbery1858%0%44%38%9%
    Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons)15437%6%37%6%14%
    Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching)1531%4%31%59%5%
    Bicycle theft721%1%19%72%6%

    Uses the latest outcome police have recorded so far. 8% of these crimes are still open, so the final figures may be a little higher.

    Road collisions

    FY1, 2023 to 2025: 105 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 36 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 2 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.

    3.0 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 34% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).

    Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

    Trend over the years

    Crime severity per resident (sentence-days of the crimes recorded each year). Hatched bars are years with fewer than twelve months of data for most residents.

    201649.1201759.2201876.2201960.4202055.1202161.3202273.0202364.8202466.8202564.9202665.6

    Last 12 months: 63.8 against a 10-year average of 64.2, 1% lower.

    Recorded crime in FY1 is 2.1 times the Blackpool average and 4.2 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has fallen 15%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
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    Questions about crime in FY1

    Is FY1 a safe place to live?
    FY1 scores 1 out of 10 for safety (high crime), compared with every postcode district in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is 2.1 times the Blackpool average.
    Is crime going up or down in FY1?
    Down 15% over 5 years, from 12,087 recorded crimes a year to 10,252.
    What is the most common crime in FY1?
    The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 144 per 1,000 residents a year.
    How does crime in FY1 compare with Blackpool?
    Crime severity in FY1 is 2.1 times the Blackpool average.
    How often does crime lead to a charge in FY1?
    In FY1, 11% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%). 27% were closed without a suspect being identified.
    How many burglaries are solved in FY1?
    Of 444 burglaries reported in FY1 between September 2024 and August 2025, 10% led to someone being charged or summonsed and 61% were closed with no suspect identified.

    Towns

    Council: Blackpool

    Other FY postcode districts

    Every UK postcode district

    Town-centre neighbourhoods

    Few people live in these areas but many shop, work and go out there, so crime per resident looks far higher than the risk to someone living there. They have no Safety score, because compared with residential areas the number would mislead; their crime figures are still shown.