Total Crime Rate

874.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 874.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 497.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 227.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 33.8 10/10
  • Public order 29.0 10/10
  • Other theft 19.3 9/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Robbery 9.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Other crime 4.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Kingswood Road area has the highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Broadfield , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 369 local areas in South Ribble .

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 Kingswood Road (PR25 2TX) in the last 12 months was 874.4 per 1,000 residents and was 621.0% higher than the Broadfield average (121.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 103 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -86.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 77.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 166.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 268.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingswood Road (PR25 2TX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 140 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Malden Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kingswood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Malden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hough Lane
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parish Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Walk
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yewlands Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Herbert Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Poppy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tuer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tuer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Park Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothwell Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sumner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thurston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thurston Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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