Crime Statistics for Blackpool, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 1146 street level crime incidents in Blackpool in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Blackpool, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	488
Anti Social Behaviour	272
Criminal Damage Arson	78
Other Theft	66
Public Order	51
Burglary	36
Vehicle Crime	36
Shoplifting	35
Drugs	35
Other Crime	19
Theft From The Person	11
Possession Of Weapons	9
Robbery	8
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	1146

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Blackpool. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Blackpool

We've taken the ten nearest places to Blackpool and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Blackpool has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Blackpool	1146
Layton (0.62 miles)	1088
Hoohill (0.88 miles)	976
Little Layton (0.88 miles)	976
Warbreck (1.39 miles)	502
Great Marton (1.75 miles)	354
Little Carleton (1.75 miles)	292
North Shore (1.39 miles)	288
South Shore (1.96 miles)	258
Staining (1.86 miles)	92

Where are the most violent places near Blackpool?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Blackpool and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Blackpool	488
Layton	406
Hoohill	384
Little Layton	384
Warbreck	203
Great Marton	148
Little Carleton	125
North Shore	122
South Shore	91
Staining	41

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Blackpool?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Blackpool to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Blackpool compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blackpool and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Blackpool is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bloomfield	99
2	Claremont	96
3	Talbot	94
4	Brunswick	94
5	Waterloo	93
6	Victoria	90
7	Tyldesley	86
8	Layton	82
9	Warbreck	82
10	Hawes Side	76
11	Greenlands	52

Which road in Blackpool has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Blackpool with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Palatine Road.