Crime Statistics for Brookfield, Preston, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 377 street level crime incidents in Brookfield in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Brookfield, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	136
Anti Social Behaviour	99
Criminal Damage Arson	33
Public Order	27
Other Theft	25
Burglary	14
Vehicle Crime	13
Other Crime	8
Drugs	7
Robbery	6
Possession Of Weapons	5
Shoplifting	4
All Crime	377

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Brookfield. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Brookfield

We've taken the ten nearest places to Brookfield and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Brookfield has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Fulwood (1.24 miles)	664
Holme Slack (0.62 miles)	474
Ribbleton (0.62 miles)	406
Brookfield	377
Fishwick (1.24 miles)	212
Grange (0.62 miles)	209
Red Scar (1.39 miles)	71
Haighton Top (1.96 miles)	34
Haighton Green (1.86 miles)	12
Samlesbury (1.96 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Brookfield?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Brookfield and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Fulwood	182
Holme Slack	152
Ribbleton	141
Brookfield	136
Grange	71
Fishwick	68
Red Scar	21
Haighton Top	12
Haighton Green	5
Samlesbury	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Brookfield?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Brookfield to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Brookfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Brookfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Brookfield is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	St Matthew's	97
2	Brookfield	84
3	Plungington	82
4	City Centre	82
5	Fishwick & Frenchwood	81
6	Deepdale	80
7	Ribbleton	79
8	Greyfriars	39
9	Walton-le-Dale East	39
10	Garrison	31
11	Garrison	23

Which road in Brookfield has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Brookfield with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Fulwood Row.