Total Crime Rate

205.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 205.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.6 9/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bowlingfield area has the 5th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Cadley , and the 82nd 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 Bowlingfield (PR2 7DD) in the last 12 months was 205.8 per 1,000 residents and was 193.1% higher than the Cadley average (70.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 94.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowlingfield (PR2 7DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sylvancroft, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bowlingfield (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bowlingfield area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Tanterton Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tanterton Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Village Green Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turnfield Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sylvancroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sylvancroft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sylvancroft
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Rough Hey
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Rough Hey Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Golf View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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