Crime Rates at Watling Street Road, Ribbleton, Preston, PR2 6TU

Watling Street Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Brookfield , and the 198th highest 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 Watling Street Road (PR2 6TU) in the last 12 months was 107.3 per 1,000 residents and was 34.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 57.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watling Street Road (PR2 6TU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grafton Road, where police recorded 197 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Garsdale Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.