Total Crime Rate
448.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Eversleigh Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ashton , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Eversleigh Street (PR1 7HQ) in the last 12 months was 448.5 per 1,000 residents and was 182.1% higher than the Ashton average (159.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (β 180.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eversleigh Street (PR1 7HQ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 91 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ashton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Villiers Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Aqueduct Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heysham Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Harcourt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Harcourt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eversleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eversleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eversleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawkins Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elliott Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hammond Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hammond Court | Under investigation |
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