Total Crime Rate
109.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Trafford Street area has the 53rd highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ashton , and the 191st highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Trafford Street (PR1 7QD) in the last 12 months was 109.4 per 1,000 residents and was 31.2% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (β 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Trafford Street (PR1 7QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Plungington Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ashton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Emmanuel 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 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Norris Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Villiers Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eldon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornthwaite Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ainslie Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Emmanuel Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ainslie Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jemmett Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elliott Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Elliott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowndes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Jemmett Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliott Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
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