FY4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Blackpool, South Shore and Marton Fold, 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 FY4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In FY4, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How FY4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is FY4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in FY4 at a rate of 139.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.1 per 1,000 people across FY.
In August 2026 alone, 535 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in FY4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,620), anti-social behaviour (1,328) and other crime (964).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in FY4 was 156.1 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 FY4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so FY4 has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in FY4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool 013D | 1,570 | 412.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.7% |
| Blackpool 014A | 1,456 | 160.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.0% |
| Blackpool 014B | 1,290 | 534.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.2% |
| Blackpool 014C | 1,082 | 178.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.6% |
| Blackpool 014D | 1,364 | 146.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.7% |
| Blackpool 015A | 1,406 | 90.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Blackpool 015E | 1,680 | 146.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.4% |
| Blackpool 016A | 1,359 | 195.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Blackpool 016B | 1,335 | 135.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.1% |
| Blackpool 016C | 1,516 | 89.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.2% |
| Blackpool 016D | 1,260 | 88.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.4% |
| Blackpool 016E | 1,624 | 144.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Blackpool 017A | 1,703 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.0% |
| Blackpool 017B | 1,483 | 131.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.3% |
| Blackpool 017C | 1,341 | 277.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Blackpool 017D | 1,154 | 112.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Blackpool 017E | 1,227 | 184.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.5% |
| Blackpool 017F | 1,439 | 91.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Blackpool 018A | 1,465 | 71.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Blackpool 018B | 1,588 | 55.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Blackpool 018C | 1,936 | 44.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 57.5% |
| Blackpool 018D | 1,543 | 119.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.3% |
| Blackpool 018E | 1,773 | 57.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.2% |
| Blackpool 019A | 1,661 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Blackpool 019B | 1,780 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Blackpool 019C | 1,409 | 129.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.5% |
| Blackpool 019D | 1,418 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Blackpool 019E | 1,583 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.8% |
| Fylde 001E | 2,001 | 87.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 67.6% |
MPs for FY4
- Chris WebbLabourMP for Blackpool South92% of FY4’s postcodes
- Mr Andrew SnowdenConservativeMP for Fylde7.7% of FY4’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 FY45
Postcode sectors in FY46
Council1
Towns in FY41
Postcode districts next to FY44
Nearest rail stations4
More in the FY postcode area2
FY4 in brief
FY4 is a postcode district covering Blackpool, South Shore and Marton Fold, in Blackpool.
About 44,844 people lived in FY4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £145,000 in 2025 across 708 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 139.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in FY4 was £145,000 in 2025.
FY4 had 44,103 usual residents at the census.
In FY4, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In FY4, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.