Total Crime Rate

123.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · 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 123.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.1 5/10
  • Other theft 9.5 8/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Waterloo Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ashton , and the 153rd highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waterloo Road (PR2 1EP) in the last 12 months was 123.8 per 1,000 residents and was 22.1% lower than the Ashton average (159.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterloo Road (PR2 1EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Colenso Road, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prospect Place (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterloo Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colenso Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterloo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ecroyd Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Colenso Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bristow Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colenso Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colenso Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tomlinson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tomlinson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kimberley Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fairfield Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Prospect Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prospect Place —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parkfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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