Preston Rural North
WardNorth east Preston. About 9,599 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 65 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 21% of people in Preston Rural North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Preston Rural North compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Preston Rural North safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Preston Rural North at a rate of 45.8 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, 33 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Preston Rural North.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (149), anti-social behaviour (85) and other crime (51).
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 North alone. See Preston
Preston Rural North in brief
Preston Rural North had 7,094 usual residents at the census.
About 21% of people in Preston Rural North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Preston Rural North, 82.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Preston Rural North, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.