Total Crime Rate

121.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 121.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 41.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 38.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gisburn Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Brookfield , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 447 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 Gisburn Road (PR2 6SS) in the last 12 months was 121.5 per 1,000 residents and was 22.4% lower than the Brookfield average (156.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gisburn Road (PR2 6SS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grafton Road, where police recorded 234 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chatburn Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gisburn Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grafton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grafton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Gisburn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sion Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakworth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Troutbeck Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Troutbeck Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Troutbeck Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Troutbeck Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sion Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sion Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatburn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Garsdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Garsdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grafton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grafton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gisburn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Garsdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grafton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grafton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grafton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grafton Road Offender given penalty notice
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grafton Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grafton Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grafton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grafton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hawkshead Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grafton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grafton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grafton Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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