Total Crime Rate
2337.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025City Court area has the 4th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in City Centre , and the 4th highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around City Court (PR1 1DY) in the last 12 months was 2337.5 per 1,000 residents and was 458.2% higher than the City Centre average (418.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 116 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 151 (≈ 943.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around City Court (PR1 1DY), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 215 crimes here, including 124 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In City Centre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nile Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St John'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St John'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St John'S Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St John'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St John'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St John'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Driscoll Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nile Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nile Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hammond'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammond'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammond'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Newton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Grimshaw Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Grimshaw Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Back Grimshaw Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Back Grimshaw Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Grimshaw Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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