Total Crime Rate

123.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 123.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.0 8/10
  • Other theft 13.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.5 9/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Hurstway Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Greyfriars , and the 154th highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hurstway Close (PR2 9TU) in the last 12 months was 123.4 per 1,000 residents and was 105.8% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hurstway Close (PR2 9TU), 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 Hurstway Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Broadway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Turnpike Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenway —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenway —
Sep 2025Burglary Greenway Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greenway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Greenway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Janice Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchwood Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Menai Drive —

Data Sources

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