Total Crime Rate

11.3 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 11.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.7 3/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Brookside Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Greyfriars , and the 11th lowest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brookside Road (PR2 9TS) in the last 12 months was 11.3 per 1,000 residents and was 81.2% lower than the Greyfriars average (60.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brookside Road (PR2 9TS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Greenway, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broadway (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brookside Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greenway Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Greenway Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Greenway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenway —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenway —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Turnpike Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Janice Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Broadway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchwood Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Menai Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashwood Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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