FY2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Blackpool, Bispham and North Shore, in Blackpool.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an FY2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in FY2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How FY2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is FY2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in FY2 at a rate of 97.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.1 per 1,000 people across the FY postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 193 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in FY2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (980), anti-social behaviour (537) and other crime (366).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in FY2 was 108.6 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in FY2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so FY2 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in FY2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool 002B | 1,450 | 120.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Blackpool 002C | 2,013 | 213.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.8% |
| Blackpool 002D | 1,557 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Blackpool 003A | 1,396 | 70.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Blackpool 003B | 1,467 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Blackpool 003C | 1,583 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Blackpool 003D | 1,765 | 112.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Blackpool 004A | 1,653 | 96.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| Blackpool 004B | 1,844 | 64.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Blackpool 004C | 1,616 | 93.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.4% |
| Blackpool 004D | 1,519 | 163.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Blackpool 005A | 1,553 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.1% |
| Blackpool 005C | 1,536 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Blackpool 006D | 1,717 | 149.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
MPs for FY2
- Lorraine BeaversLabourMP for Blackpool North and Fleetwood81% of FY2’s postcodes
- Chris WebbLabourMP for Blackpool South19% of FY2’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in FY24
Postcode sectors in FY22
Council1
Towns in FY21
Postcode districts next to FY24
Nearest rail stations4
More in the FY postcode area2
FY2 in brief
FY2 is a postcode district covering Blackpool, Bispham and North Shore, in Blackpool.
About 24,504 people lived in FY2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £152,000 in 2025 across 394 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 97.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in FY2 was £152,000 in 2025.
FY2 had 24,601 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in FY2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In FY2, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.