Total Crime Rate
102.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bank Parade area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in City Centre , and the 208th highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bank Parade (PR1 3TA) in the last 12 months was 102.6 per 1,000 residents and was 75.5% lower than the City Centre average (418.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 28.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bank Parade (PR1 3TA), the main crime hotspot is near Boltons Court. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In City Centre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlotte Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Parade | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Glover Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Latham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Latham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boltons Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tenby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenham Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Parade | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boltons Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Berwick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berwick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stoneygate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boltons Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boltons Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Boltons Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Knowsley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bairstow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bairstow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bairstow Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bairstow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bairstow Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Knowsley Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Boltons Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clarendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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