Total Crime Rate
603.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
261.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elizabeth Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Deepdale , and the 13th 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 Elizabeth Street (PR1 2RX) in the last 12 months was 603.0 per 1,000 residents and was 242.4% higher than the Deepdale average (176.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 122 (β 261.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elizabeth Street (PR1 2RX), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 379 crimes here, including 127 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | 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 | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lancaster Road North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Moor Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Appleby Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Singleton Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Singleton Row | Awaiting court outcome |
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