Crime Rates at Richardson Avenue, Garstang, Preston, PR3 1BX

Richardson Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brock with Catterall , and the 187th highest crime rate of 386 local areas in Wyre .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Richardson Avenue (PR3 1BX) in the last 12 months was 50.2 per 1,000 residents and was 15.5% lower than the Brock with Catterall average (59.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Richardson Avenue (PR3 1BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Worthington Road, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stransdale Close (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.