Total Crime Rate
178.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Worthing Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Cadley , and the 100th highest crime rate of 448 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 Worthing Road (PR2 3UQ) in the last 12 months was 178.0 per 1,000 residents and was 153.5% higher than the Cadley average (70.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 72.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Worthing Road (PR2 3UQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Worthing Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dovedale Avenue (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cadley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | The Coppice | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Worthing Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbrook Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clevedon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clevedon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottam Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottam Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottam Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalmore Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashbourne Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beachley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Colwyn Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beachley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beachley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Place | Under investigation |
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