Preston 002B
NeighbourhoodSouth Preston. 3,820 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.5 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Preston 002B is in decile 9.
How Preston 002B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Preston 002B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Preston 002B at a rate of 78.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 54.9 per 1,000 people across Broughton & Wychnor.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 18 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Preston 002B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (123), anti-social behaviour (52) and other crime (47).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Preston
These figures are published for the whole of Preston, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Preston and not Preston 002B alone. See Preston
Preston 002B in brief
Preston 002B has a deprivation score of 8.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Preston 002B was £326,950 in 2025.
Preston 002B had 2,466 usual residents at the census.
In Preston 002B, 83.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.