Total Crime Rate

122.0 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 122.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 73.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.4 4/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Robbery 7.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Miller Field area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ashton , and the 159th 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 Miller Field (PR2 1XB) in the last 12 months was 122.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.3% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 24.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Miller Field (PR2 1XB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alder Coppice, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hendon Place (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Miller Field area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staveley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hendon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hendon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hazel Coppice
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alder Coppice
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alder Coppice

Data Sources

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