Total Crime Rate
288.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
114.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crompton Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in St Matthew's , and the 46th highest crime rate of 447 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 Crompton Street (PR1 5RT) in the last 12 months was 288.8 per 1,000 residents and was 40.5% higher than the St Matthew's average (205.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 114.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crompton Street (PR1 5RT), the main crime hotspot is near Shakespeare Road. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Preston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thorn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tennyson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Delaware Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rydal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shakespeare Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chaucer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cemetery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Joseph'S Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Joseph'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shakespeare Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shakespeare Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bootle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bootle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bootle Street | Under investigation |
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