Total Crime Rate
320.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
112.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fishergate area has the 8th highest crime rate of 119 local areas in Ashton , and the 32nd 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 2UH) in the last 12 months was 320.5 per 1,000 residents and was 118.2% higher than the Ashton average (146.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 112.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fishergate (PR1 2UH), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 158 crimes here, including 73 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Hope Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton'S Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clayton'S Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Garden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lune Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lune Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lune Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lune Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lune Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton'S Parade | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stanley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hope Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clayton'S Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hope Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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