Crime Rate in Rural North East, ward

Rural North East has the 4th lowest crime rate of 15 wards in West Lancashire district and the 1589th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 307th lowest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Rural North East in the last 12 months was 39.7 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% lower than the West Lancashire district average (72.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Rural North East’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 90 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -7.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 100 (≈ 13.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Rural North East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 35 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Mossy Lea Road (8 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.