Total Crime Rate
351.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brockholes Brow area has the 4th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Brookfield , and the 31st 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 Brockholes Brow (PR1 5TQ) in the last 12 months was 351.2 per 1,000 residents and was 115.4% higher than the Brookfield average (163.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 60 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 ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 122.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 65.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brockholes Brow (PR1 5TQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Patterdale Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brookfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farringdon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowness Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mardale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mardale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowness Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bowness Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bowness Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bowness Road | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Farringdon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Crawford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Crawford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crawford Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crawford Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bowness Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bowness Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tudor Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Patterdale Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Patterdale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Patterdale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Orrest Road | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orrest Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Merrick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Merrick Avenue | Under investigation |
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