Crime Rates at Hamers Wood Drive, Catterall, Preston, PR3 1ZN

Hamers Wood Drive area has the 8th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brock with Catterall , and the 125th highest crime rate of 386 local areas in Wyre .

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 Hamers Wood Drive (PR3 1ZN) in the last 12 months was 89.2 per 1,000 residents and was 57.1% higher than the Brock with Catterall average (56.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 52.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 88.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hamers Wood Drive (PR3 1ZN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chapelside Close, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pincroft Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.