Total Crime Rate
302.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ring Way area has the 15th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in City Centre , and the 44th highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ring Way (PR1 1HJ) in the last 12 months was 302.0 per 1,000 residents and was 27.9% lower 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 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 110.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ring Way (PR1 1HJ), 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 | Shoplifting | Central Bus And Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tithebarn Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Grimshaw Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Grimshaw Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Grimshaw Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tithebarn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammond'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Central Bus And Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Central Bus And Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Central Bus And Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Central Bus And Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammond'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hammond'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Central Bus And Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ward'S End | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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