Total Crime Rate

100.3 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Garden Walk area has the 58th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ashton , and the 212th 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 Garden Walk (PR2 1DQ) in the last 12 months was 100.3 per 1,000 residents and was 36.9% lower than the Ashton average (159.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (β‰ˆ 54.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Garden Walk (PR2 1DQ), the main crime hotspot is near Calder Street. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Garden Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Waterloo Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dart Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Terrace β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elton Street β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Calder Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Calder Street β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterloo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Watery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Place β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Watery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dart Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dart Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Watery Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Dart Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hastings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dart Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dart Street β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tomlinson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Watery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Prospect Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prospect Place β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Watery Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ecroyd Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tomlinson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dart Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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