Preston (Preston)

14°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 14° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:34

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

855 reported · July 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences278
• Anti-social behaviour192
• Shoplifting84
• Criminal damage & arson67

11 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: City Centre - Preston · Lancashire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

343 reported road collisions (2024)

96 killed or seriously injured · 465 casualties · 23.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 409 rated 4–5 ★ (320 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Preston (0.9 km)
• 120 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£187,709 average▲ 12.4% YoY

Across Preston · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£788 average monthly rent▲ 6.2% YoY

• 1 bed £578
• 2 bed £729
• 3 bed £856

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.0 times median annual pay (4.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (2.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (1.7 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

58 charging locations within ~8 km

• 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Lawson St Parking/Charging (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches39
• Playgrounds22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

147,836 residents in Preston · 1,039/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 46 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

19% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,576 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (44% of 70,350)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

81 schools · 21,954 pupils

52 primary · 10 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 23 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

68inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Preston

1,255 CQC-registered services

• Care homes423
• GP practices184
• Dentists250
• Homecare agencies290
• Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lancashire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 303 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

129 applications decided

94.6% granted · 122 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Mark Hendrick

Labour (Co-op)

Preston

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 22
• Con 3
• LD 14
• Grn 2
• Ref 5
• Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools19
• GPs & clinics7
• Pharmacies11
• Supermarkets8
• Parks & greens33
• Restaurants & cafés144

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,015 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,861 jobs advertised · £41,843 avg

e.g. Water Agent, Consultant Psychiatrist- Eating Disorders, Theatre Scrub Nurse/ODP

Source: Adzuna

£722 median full-time weekly pay

4.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,616 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,503 certificates

12.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

95% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 58% · Wind 22% · Biomass 15% · Gas 5%

38 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.2 yrs women · 77 yrs men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.4
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Preston:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s382 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018364 local signatures · 5,854 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership345 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office301 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases269 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  All Saints Church, Preston · 0.1 km

  All Saints Church is located in Elizabeth Street, Preston, Lancashire, England. It is an evangelical Anglican parish church in the deanery of Preston, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. The c…

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  Preston Crown Court · 0.2 km

  Preston Crown Court, or more properly the Crown Court at Preston, is a criminal court on the Ring Way in Preston, Lancashire, England. The court is based on two sites in the city; Preston Combined Court Centre on Ring…

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  City Church, Preston · 0.2 km

  City Mosque Preston is in North Road, Preston, Lancashire, England, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

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  Statues of Wallace and Gromit · 0.3 km

  The statues of Wallace and Gromit are a bronze sculptural group in Preston, Lancashire, England, at the corner of Earl and Market Streets at the entrance to the Covered Market. Installed in 2021, the work depicts the…

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  Covered Market, Preston · 0.3 km

  The Covered Market in Earl Street, Preston, Lancashire, England is a Grade II listed landmark structure built 1870–75.

• Preston Greyfriars · 0.3 km

  Preston Friary was a Franciscan friary in Preston, Lancashire, England. It was founded sometime in the early 13th century, with documentation first attesting to its existence in 1260.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)