Crime · Preston

Reported crime in Preston

Name: Preston crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

17,812 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 164 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

17,812

Rate / 1,000

164

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	5,880	33%
Anti social behaviour	4,349	24%
Criminal damage and arson	1,313	7%
Shoplifting	1,291	7%
Public order	1,002	6%
Other theft	1,001	6%
Vehicle crime	726	4%
Drugs	615	3%
Burglary	486	3%
Other crime	412	2%
Possession of weapons	225	1%
Bicycle theft	211	1%
Robbery	210	1%
Theft from the person	91	1%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	513	430	490	449	471	486	496	463	527	492	549	514	5880
Anti social behaviour	579	538	426	588	385	383	285	193	238	191	248	295	4349
Criminal damage and arson	116	85	104	102	113	111	111	94	117	116	129	115	1313
Shoplifting	118	129	122	76	83	107	70	127	110	107	124	118	1291
Public order	75	93	84	79	76	73	70	70	96	90	97	99	1002
Other theft	94	92	74	79	74	84	77	65	84	105	77	96	1001
Vehicle crime	67	62	92	49	41	52	60	59	76	60	63	45	726
Drugs	46	41	38	54	53	73	49	43	73	47	51	47	615
Burglary	39	50	46	58	36	38	43	38	27	28	45	38	486
Other crime	36	39	27	34	22	35	41	28	28	37	45	40	412
Possession of weapons	21	15	19	17	22	15	21	24	15	20	18	18	225
Bicycle theft	27	14	20	22	20	14	12	6	23	19	15	19	211
Robbery	26	19	13	15	15	8	27	19	18	18	12	20	210
Theft from the person	6	8	10	8	4	7	5	6	10	10	7	10	91
Total	1763	1615	1565	1630	1415	1486	1367	1235	1442	1340	1480	1474	17812

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Preston, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 108,331.