Police recorded 7,351 violence and sexual offences offences in Preston in the 12 months to June 2026, up 7.5% (511) on the previous 12 months. That is 44.7 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 164,498
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
1,342 (partial)
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June 2012
2,299
16.4
2012
June 2013
2,334
16.6
2013
June 2014
2,616
18.7
2014
June 2015
2,605
18.5
2015
June 2016
3,341
23.8
2016
June 2017
3,913
27.6
2017
June 2018
6,168
43.3
2018
June 2019
7,674
53.1
2019
June 2020
6,739
46.2
2020
June 2021
7,155
48.4
2021
June 2022
7,712
50.6
2022
June 2023
7,061
44.6
2023
June 2024
6,674
41.3
2024
June 2025
6,840
41.6
2025
June 2026
7,351
44.7
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.