Crime Rates at Holme Slack Lane, Preston, PR1 6EX

Holme Slack Lane area has the 15th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Brookfield , and the 89th highest crime rate of 447 local areas in Preston .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Holme Slack Lane (PR1 6EX) in the last 12 months was 187.9 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% higher than the Brookfield average (156.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 102.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holme Slack Lane (PR1 6EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clifton Crescent, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harewood Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.