Total Crime Rate
31.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ramsey Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Brookfield , and the 57th lowest crime rate of 447 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 Ramsey Avenue (PR1 6EN) in the last 12 months was 31.2 per 1,000 residents and was 80.1% lower than the Brookfield average (156.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ramsey Avenue (PR1 6EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lily Grove (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Preston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lily Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lily Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spinney Brow | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ramsey Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lily Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lily Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lily Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lily Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxdale Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Morris Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Morris Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Dunsop Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Dunsop Road | Under investigation |
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