Crime Rates at James Street, Preston, PR1 4JU

James Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 61 local areas in City Centre , and the 81st 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 James Street (PR1 4JU) in the last 12 months was 206.7 per 1,000 residents and was 50.6% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 117.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around James Street (PR1 4JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A59, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Adelaide Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.