Crime Rate in Plungington, ward

Plungington has the 6th lowest crime rate of 16 wards in Preston district and the 2417th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 204th highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Plungington in the last 12 months was 85.4 per 1,000 residents and was 42.4% lower than the Preston district average (148.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Plungington’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 384 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 4.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -68.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 449 (≈ 33.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Plungington ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 131 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Singleton Row (52 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.