Total Crime Rate

271.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

90.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 271.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 90.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 61.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.0 10/10
  • Public order 21.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 20.4 10/10
  • Other theft 20.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 15.3 6/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Other crime 1.3 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Moorbrook Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Deepdale , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 447 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 Moorbrook Street (PR1 7EX) in the last 12 months was 271.7 per 1,000 residents and was 54.3% higher than the Deepdale average (176.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -15.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 90.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Moorbrook Street (PR1 7EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Haysworth Street (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Moorbrook Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sizer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eastham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eastham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harrington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenbank Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gordon Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haysworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Haysworth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Haysworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Haysworth Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Eastham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Crofters Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Ripon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cambridge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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