Total Crime Rate
129.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Inskip Road area has the 39th highest crime rate of 119 local areas in Ashton , and the 149th highest crime rate of 447 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 Inskip Road (PR2 1NB) in the last 12 months was 129.8 per 1,000 residents and was 11.6% lower than the Ashton average (146.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 37.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Inskip Road (PR2 1NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blackpool Road, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Layton Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Preston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackpool Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Layton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blackpool Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Blackpool Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blackpool Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blackpool Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inskip Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Staveley Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Staveley Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartle Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ballam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Preesall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Preesall Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiteholme Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiteholme Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Layton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawcliffe Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salwick Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salwick Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Salwick Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Larches Avenue | — |
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