Ashton - Preston vs Cleveleys Park

Ashton - Preston has a safety score of 6/100 (High Crime) and recorded 1,578 crimes in the last 12 months. Cleveleys Park has a safety score of 46/100 (Average) with 390 crimes. Cleveleys Park scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Ashton - Preston shows a year-on-year crime trend of +10.7% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Cleveleys Park shows +59.8% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Ashton - Preston, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (435 incidents). In Cleveleys Park, it is Violent Crime (157 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Ashton - Preston recorded 419 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Cleveleys Park recorded 93. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Ashton - Preston totalled 435 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 157 in Cleveleys Park. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Ashton - Preston recorded 1,425 crimes (now 1,578, a change of +10.7%). Cleveleys Park recorded 244 crimes previously (now 390, +59.8%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Ashton - Preston has a resolution rate of 30.1% and Cleveleys Park has 25%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Ashton - Preston falls within the Lancashire Constabulary boundary. Cleveleys Park is covered by Lancashire Constabulary. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Ashton - Preston and Cleveleys Park. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.