Total Crime Rate

48.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 48.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Beacon Court area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Preston Rural East , and the 103rd lowest crime rate of 448 local areas in Preston .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Beacon Court (PR3 2BY) in the last 12 months was 48.5 per 1,000 residents and was 40.8% lower than the Preston Rural East average (81.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beacon Court (PR3 2BY), the main crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Beacon Court area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Blossom Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other crime Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs The Croft Under investigation
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Data Sources

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