Total Crime Rate
302.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lund Street 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 Lund Street (PR1 1YH) 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 Lund Street (PR1 1YH), the main crime hotspot is near Market Street. Police recorded 209 crimes here, including 61 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 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkinson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sedgwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Central Bus And Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | A6 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sedgwick Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A6 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fish Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Singleton Row | — |
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