Total Crime Rate

254.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

95.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 254.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 95.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 95.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.7 9/10
  • Public order 13.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.1 9/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.6 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Stocks Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 119 local areas in Ashton , and the 61st highest crime rate of 447 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 Stocks Road (PR2 2JS) in the last 12 months was 254.6 per 1,000 residents and was 73.3% higher than the Ashton average (146.9 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 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 95.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stocks Road (PR2 2JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A5085, where police recorded 29 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.

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Crime Over Time in Stocks Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kimberley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alert Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Kimberley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kimberley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ladysmith Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ladysmith Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ridley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bulmer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Athelstan Fold Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson B5411 Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Belmont Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belmont Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belmont Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belmont Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Plumpton Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A5085 —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Waterloo Road Offender given penalty notice
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lowther Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lowther Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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