Crime Rates at Tay Street, Preston, PR1 8HB

Tay Street area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in City Centre , and the 151st highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tay Street (PR1 8HB) in the last 12 months was 123.9 per 1,000 residents and was 70.4% lower than the City Centre average (418.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 59.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tay Street (PR1 8HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Liverpool Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hartington Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.