Total Crime Rate
795.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mariners Way area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ashton , and the 10th highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mariners Way (PR2 2YN) in the last 12 months was 795.2 per 1,000 residents and was 400.2% higher than the Ashton average (159.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 125 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 71.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mariners Way (PR2 2YN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 169 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tulketh Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ashton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Watery Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Navigation Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Watery Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mariners Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mariners Way | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Watery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountbatten Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Britannia Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Endeavour Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Watery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Watery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dart Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dart Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dart Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dart Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dart Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dart Street | Under investigation |
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