Total Crime Rate

84.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • 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

Thornfield Avenue area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Brookfield , and the 204th lowest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thornfield Avenue (PR2 6NE) in the last 12 months was 84.7 per 1,000 residents and was 48.0% lower than the Brookfield average (163.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 88.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thornfield Avenue (PR2 6NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sandycroft, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burnside Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Thornfield Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Floyd Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sawley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnslack Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandycroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandycroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandycroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sandycroft
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sawley Crescent
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moorside Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorman Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorman Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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