Total Crime Rate
193.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clarence Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Broadfield , and the 35th 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 Clarence Street (PR25 4SX) in the last 12 months was 193.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.4% higher than the Broadfield average (122.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 88.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clarence Street (PR25 4SX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rose Street, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Preston Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Ambrose| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Preston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ambrose Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kennett Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crown Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leyland | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bashall Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bashall Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bashall Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hewitt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Baker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Preston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Preston Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundary Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hewitt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hewitt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hastings Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hastings Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Road | Under investigation |
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