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

Watling Street Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Brookfield , and the 156th 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 Watling Street Road (PR2 6TU) in the last 12 months was 126.4 per 1,000 residents and was 19.3% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 72.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.3% 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 234 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.