Total Crime Rate
175.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Emmanuel Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ashton , and the 101st 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 Emmanuel Street (PR1 7NQ) in the last 12 months was 175.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.4% higher than the Ashton average (159.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (β 81.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Emmanuel Street (PR1 7NQ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 107 crimes here, including 37 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowndes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plungington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Plungington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Plungington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Elliott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Plungington Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Villiers Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Emmanuel Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Emmanuel Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Aqueduct Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hammond Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hammond Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenbank Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dallas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliott Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Otway Street | β |
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