Total Crime Rate
399.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
157.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lund Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in City Centre , and the 25th highest crime rate of 447 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 399.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1.7% higher than the City Centre average (392.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (β 157.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lund Street (PR1 1YH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 221 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Street (74 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Preston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Birley Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bishopgate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Snow Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birley Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A6 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A6 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A6 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A6 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
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