Total Crime Rate
4482.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1410.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fishergate area has the highest crime rate of 60 local areas in City Centre , and the highest crime rate of 447 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 Fishergate (PR1 2AH) in the last 12 months was 4482.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1041.6% 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 380 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 6 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 55.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -30.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 368 (β 1410.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fishergate (PR1 2AH), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 585 crimes here, including 262 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Preston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Cheapside | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheapside | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cheapside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cheapside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cheapside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Syke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birley Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Birley Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Great Avenham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sizehouse Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jacson Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jacson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jacson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
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