Sharoe Green
WardSouth Preston. About 8,651 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Sharoe Green live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Sharoe Green compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Sharoe Green safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sharoe Green at a rate of 98.6 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, 62 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sharoe Green.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (330), other crime (164) and anti-social behaviour (145).
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 Sharoe Green alone. See Preston
Sharoe Green in brief
Sharoe Green had 8,261 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Sharoe Green live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Sharoe Green, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Sharoe Green, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.