Total Crime Rate

119.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 119.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Public order 6.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Preston New Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Clifton , and the 232nd highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Preston New Road (FY4 4RH) in the last 12 months was 119.2 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% lower than the Clifton average (258.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 56.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Preston New Road (FY4 4RH), the main crime hotspot is near Deepdale Road. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Preston New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Kentmere Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Seathwaite Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadowbrook Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Loughrigg Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lovejoy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grizedale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Deepdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadowbrook Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seathwaite Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pine Crescent Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seathwaite Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dalegarth Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kentmere Drive —
Sep 2025Other crime Lindbeck Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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