Total Crime Rate
121.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gisburn 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.
View Crime In Preston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grafton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gisburn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sion Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Troutbeck Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Troutbeck Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Troutbeck Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Troutbeck Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sion Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sion Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatburn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Garsdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garsdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gisburn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Garsdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grafton Road | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grafton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grafton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawkshead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
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