Total Crime Rate

267.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 267.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 99.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 34.6 7/10
  • Public order 27.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.2 9/10
  • Other theft 13.9 9/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Primrose Grove area has the 6th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Brookfield , and the 58th highest crime rate of 448 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 Primrose Grove (PR1 6HU) in the last 12 months was 267.9 per 1,000 residents and was 64.4% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 83.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Primrose Grove (PR1 6HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near William Young Close, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manor House Crescent (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Primrose Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Oswalds Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harewood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor House Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Gregory Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Primrose Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ringwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tees Street
Sep 2025Drugs Clifton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clifton Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor House Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harewood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harewood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harewood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harewood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Harewood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Exe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Harewood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor House Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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