Crime Rate in Lea & Larches, ward

Lea & Larches has the 7th lowest crime rate of 16 wards in Preston district and the 2279th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 195th highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Lea & Larches in the last 12 months was 88.4 per 1,000 residents and was 40.4% lower than the Preston district average (148.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Lea & Larches’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 285 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -41.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 338 (≈ 35.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Lea & Larches ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Blackpool Road. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.