Total Crime Rate
107.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Westfield Drive area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Brookfield , and the 185th 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 Westfield Drive (PR2 6TJ) in the last 12 months was 107.1 per 1,000 residents and was 31.6% lower than the Brookfield average (156.7 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 crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 59.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westfield Drive (PR2 6TJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westfield Drive, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heathfield Drive (18 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 | Heathfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathfield Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathfield Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Trawden Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrop Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westerdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wharfedale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingleton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Munro Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawkshead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barden Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Barden Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mearley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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