Total Crime Rate
42.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Warton Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in City Centre , and the 87th lowest crime rate of 447 local areas in Preston .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Warton Street (PR1 8EH) in the last 12 months was 42.3 per 1,000 residents and was 89.2% lower than the City Centre average (392.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 9.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Warton Street (PR1 8EH), the main crime hotspot is near Lauderdale Street. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Preston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Liverpool Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beech Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lauderdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lauderdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wolseley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Connaught Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beech Street South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolseley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tay Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grafton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hassett Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Liverpool Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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