Total Crime Rate

670.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 670.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 303.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 144.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 128.0 10/10
  • Public order 33.7 10/10
  • Other theft 16.8 9/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Other crime 10.1 9/10
  • Robbery 6.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Queens Retail Park area has the 6th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in City Centre , and the 13th highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Queens Retail Park (PR1 4HZ) in the last 12 months was 670.0 per 1,000 residents and was 60.0% higher than the City Centre average (418.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 90 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 ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 188.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queens Retail Park (PR1 4HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 157 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.

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Crime Over Time in Queens Retail Park area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Driscoll Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Floyer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Driscoll Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Floyer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Newton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Floyer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Floyer Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henrietta Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Percy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ribbleton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashworth Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henrietta Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunmore Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walker Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walker Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Mary'S Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Princess Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanley Street —

Data Sources

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