Total Crime Rate
288.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Malcolm Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in St Matthew's , and the 49th highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Malcolm Street (PR1 5SD) in the last 12 months was 288.8 per 1,000 residents and was 45.0% higher than the St Matthew's average (199.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (β 95.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Malcolm Street (PR1 5SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shakespeare Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Matthew's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Acregate Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tennyson Mill Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burns Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burns Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burns Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burns Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burns Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Mill Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dickson Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Levens Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Levens Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rydal Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rydal Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Emerson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorn Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shakespeare Road | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Mill Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sellers Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Crompton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Acregate Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grimsargh Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grimsargh Street | β |
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