Annual crime rate in Preston postcode area is 8, i.e. 8 crimes reported per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, Preston's crime rate is at 100%. Criminal damage and arson crime makes up 6.5% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. The total number of "criminal damage and arson crime" is 4.2k, and this number has decreased by 10.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2020 - January 2021.
February 2020 - January 2021
Criminal damage and arson crime rate is 8 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 42. highest crime rate out of 97 England and Wales' postcode areas.
The total number of "criminal damage and arson crime" is 4.2k, and this number has decreased by 10.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2020 - January 2021. In the graph below, postcode area are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the postcode area crime rate between February 2020 - January 2021 to the postcode area crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the postcode area.
Crime rate percentage changeMonthly crime volumes till January 2021.
Annual crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2016 till 2020.
