Total Crime Rate
199.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ingleton Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Brookfield , and the 88th highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ingleton Road (PR2 6UJ) in the last 12 months was 199.4 per 1,000 residents and was 22.3% higher than the Brookfield average (163.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (β 81.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ingleton Road (PR2 6UJ), the main crime hotspot is near Westfield Drive. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brookfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Assheton Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Heathfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Heathfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Heathfield Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Heathfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathfield Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathfield Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathfield Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathfield Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellerbeck Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Skipton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hornby Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Heathfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Westfield Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westfield Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westfield Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westfield Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westfield Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westfield Drive | β |
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