Crime Rates at Union Street, Preston, PR1 2HD

Union Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in City Centre , and the 41st 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 Union Street (PR1 2HD) in the last 12 months was 296.9 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% lower than the City Centre average (392.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 116 (≈ 132.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Union Street (PR1 2HD), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 479 crimes here, including 164 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.