Total Crime Rate

112.7 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 112.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.2 9/10
  • Other theft 14.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.0 8/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Mountbatten Close area has the 48th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ashton , and the 181st highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mountbatten Close (PR2 2YJ) in the last 12 months was 112.7 per 1,000 residents and was 29.1% lower than the Ashton average (159.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mountbatten Close (PR2 2YJ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 169 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mountbatten Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mariners Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountbatten Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Britannia Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Endeavour Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Watery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Watery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Watery Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Watery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Watery Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mariners Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Navigation Way —
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Data Sources

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