Total Crime Rate
205.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bowlingfield 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.
View Crime In Cadley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tanterton Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tanterton Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Village Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turnfield | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sylvancroft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sylvancroft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sylvancroft | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Rough Hey | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Rough Hey | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Golf View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Under investigation |
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