Total Crime Rate
233.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Margate Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Cadley , and the 70th 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 Margate Road (PR2 3TB) in the last 12 months was 233.1 per 1,000 residents and was 255.0% higher than the Cadley average (65.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -5.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 110.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Margate Road (PR2 3TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Worthing Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beachley Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Preston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crosby Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clevedon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollinhead Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovedale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crosby Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worthing Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worthing Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beachley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beachley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalmore Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbrook Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cottam Avenue | Offender given a caution |
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