Crime Rates at St Thomas Drive, Preston, PR1 4DU

This area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 61 local areas in City Centre , and the 87th 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 This (PR1 4DU) in the last 12 months was 199.4 per 1,000 residents and was 52.4% lower than the City Centre average (418.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 102.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode PR1 4DU, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 181 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanley Street (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.