Crime Rates at Cross Street, Preston, PR1 8RD

Cross Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in City Centre , and the 139th 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 Cross Street (PR1 8RD) in the last 12 months was 134.5 per 1,000 residents and was 67.9% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -72.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 53.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cross Street (PR1 8RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Butler Street, where police recorded 149 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Falkland Street (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.