Total Crime Rate

17.9 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 17.9 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.3 1/10
  • Other crime 1.6 1/10
  • Other theft 1.6 1/10
  • Public order 1.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Frenchwood Knoll area has the lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in City Centre , and the 19th lowest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Frenchwood Knoll (PR1 4LE) in the last 12 months was 17.9 per 1,000 residents and was 95.7% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 4.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Frenchwood Knoll (PR1 4LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ruskin Street, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Frenchwood Knoll area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Trower Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Clarendon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Selborne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Selborne Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Princess Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Austin'S Place —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clarendon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frenchwood Knoll Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Austin'S Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Austin'S Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carlton Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ruskin Street —
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Data Sources

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