Preston Rural East
WardEast Preston. About 11,267 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 31 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 64% of people in Preston Rural East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Preston Rural East compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Preston Rural East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Preston Rural East at a rate of 65.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.2 per 1,000 people across Preston.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 67 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Preston Rural East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (400), other crime (145) and anti-social behaviour (140).
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 ward, so they describe all of Preston and not Preston Rural East alone. See Preston
Preston Rural East in brief
Preston Rural East had 8,653 usual residents at the census.
About 64% of people in Preston Rural East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Preston Rural East, 87.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Preston Rural East, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.