Total Crime Rate
173.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Square area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Farington East , and the 42nd 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 The Square (PR25 4GB) in the last 12 months was 173.6 per 1,000 residents and was 147.8% higher than the Farington East average (70.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 64.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Square (PR25 4GB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rose Street, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mill Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Farington East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farington Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boundary Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Convent Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Preston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Preston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Convent Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Convent Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rose Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rose Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanifield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leyland | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leyland | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St David'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marshalls Brow | — |
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