Total Crime Rate

236.8 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 236.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.6 10/10
  • Burglary 26.3 10/10
  • Drugs 21.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.1 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.8 10/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.3 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Deepdale Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in St Matthew's , and the 70th highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Deepdale Road (PR1 6PY) in the last 12 months was 236.8 per 1,000 residents and was 18.9% higher than the St Matthew's average (199.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -54.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 73.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Deepdale Road (PR1 6PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Osbourne Way, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edmund Street (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Deepdale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/55)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strutt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Elizabeth Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carrol Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Carrol Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Carrol Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carrol Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Osbourne Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Osbourne Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elizabeth Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aberdeen Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alice Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alice Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alice Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanleyfield Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cromwell Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Driscoll Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Driscoll Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carrol Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Aberdeen Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Newton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dove Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strutt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Strutt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Strutt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castleton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Graham Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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