Total Crime Rate
64.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grange Road area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 119 local areas in Ashton , and the 157th lowest crime rate of 447 local areas in Preston .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grange Road (PR2 2ET) in the last 12 months was 64.8 per 1,000 residents and was 55.9% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 36.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grange Road (PR2 2ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A5085, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Athelstan Fold (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Preston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B5411 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kimberley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ladysmith Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladysmith Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A5085 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kimberley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kimberley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Atherton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Atherton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Athelstan Fold | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A5085 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Belmont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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