Crime Statistics for Brookfield, Preston, Lancashire, 2024

Crime statistics for Brookfield, Preston

There were a total of 404 street level crime incidents in Brookfield in January 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime141
Anti Social Behaviour100
Criminal Damage Arson35
Other Theft34
Drugs26
Public Order21
Burglary18
Vehicle Crime9
Other Crime7
Possession Of Weapons5
Shoplifting4
Robbery3
Theft From The Person1
All Crime404

Map of street level crime incidents in January 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.

How grim is your Postcode?

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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Fulwood (1.24 miles)681
Holme Slack (0.62 miles)531
Ribbleton (0.62 miles)406
Brookfield404
Fishwick (1.24 miles)278
Grange (0.62 miles)192
Red Scar (1.39 miles)71
Haighton Top (1.96 miles)27
Haighton Green (1.86 miles)16
Samlesbury (1.96 miles)3

14.64%
of Brookfield (Preston) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Fulwood205
Holme Slack166
Ribbleton141
Brookfield141
Fishwick89
Grange74
Red Scar21
Haighton Top10
Haighton Green5
Samlesbury0

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.

#WardScore
1St Matthew's97
2Brookfield84
3Plungington82
4City Centre82
5Fishwick & Frenchwood81
6Deepdale80
7Ribbleton79
8Greyfriars39
9Walton-le-Dale East39
10Garrison31
11Garrison23

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.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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