Ingol & Cottam ward · Preston. Every figure carries its own date.
Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.
What makes this ward different?
Homes rented privately: 11% here, compared with 22% across Preston (11.1 percentage points lower).
A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Homes rented from a council or housing association: 27% here, compared with 18% across Preston (8.5 percentage points higher).
The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 17.3% here, compared with 19.4% across Preston (2.1 percentage points lower).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Police-recorded locations for Ingol & Cottam ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
846 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 737 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Ingol & Cottam ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 55 mapped crimes in September 2024; 74 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Ingol & Cottam
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
55
30
October 2024
73
35
November 2024
52
31
December 2024
70
21
January 2025
46
19
February 2025
46
25
March 2025
67
22
April 2025
54
44
May 2025
66
25
June 2025
73
36
July 2025
65
47
August 2025
70
37
September 2025
53
11
October 2025
76
41
November 2025
76
21
December 2025
68
21
January 2026
74
11
February 2026
59
7
March 2026
53
13
April 2026
66
11
May 2026
64
14
June 2026
99
5
July 2026
84
10
August 2026
74
13
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Ingol & Cottam
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
498
criminal damage arson
104
public order
54
other theft
49
burglary
38
other crime
34
vehicle crime
18
drugs
16
possession of weapons
14
shoplifting
12
robbery
5
theft from the person
2
bicycle theft
2
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
