Crime Statistics for Fishwick, Preston, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 252 street level crime incidents in Fishwick in March 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 Fishwick, 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	72
Anti Social Behaviour	69
Criminal Damage Arson	27
Public Order	15
Other Theft	14
Shoplifting	12
Drugs	10
Vehicle Crime	9
Possession Of Weapons	8
Burglary	7
Other Crime	5
Bicycle Theft	2
Theft From The Person	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	252

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Fishwick. 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 Fishwick

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Fulwood (1.75 miles)	757
Holme Slack (1.39 miles)	559
Brookfield (1.24 miles)	461
Ribbleton (0.62 miles)	410
Frenchwood (1.39 miles)	404
Fishwick	252
Grange (1.39 miles)	214
Bamber Bridge (1.86 miles)	179
Walton-le-Dale (1.39 miles)	143
Higher Walton (1.39 miles)	121

Where are the most violent places near Fishwick?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Fulwood	238
Holme Slack	180
Brookfield	155
Ribbleton	133
Frenchwood	117
Grange	75
Fishwick	72
Bamber Bridge	46
Walton-le-Dale	40
Higher Walton	28

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

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 Fishwick 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 Fishwick compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Fishwick and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Fishwick is ranked #5.

#	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	Bamber Bridge West	53
9	Bamber Bridge East	49
10	Walton-le-Dale East	39
11	Walton-le-Dale West	24

Which road in Fishwick has the highest level of crime?

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