Crime Rate in City Centre, ward

City Centre has the highest crime rate of 16 wards in Preston district and the 40th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 6th highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in City Centre in the last 12 months was 418.8 per 1,000 residents and was 182.2% higher than the Preston district average (148.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, City Centre’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1,923 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 55 cases , down -14.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 3.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2,091 (≈ 147.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the City Centre ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 651 crimes here, including 276 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.