Total Crime Rate

7.4 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 7.4 1/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Highfield Drive area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Alston & Hothersall , and the 8th lowest crime rate of 200 local areas in Ribble Valley .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highfield Drive (PR3 3SN) in the last 12 months was 7.4 per 1,000 residents and was 90.2% lower than the Alston & Hothersall average (75.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Drive (PR3 3SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dixon Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hill Crest Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Highfield Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Spinney Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fell Brow —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Brow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hodder Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Hill Crest Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunderdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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