Total Crime Rate

96.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 96.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pennington Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Ormskirk East , and the 79th highest crime rate of 328 local areas in West Lancashire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pennington Avenue (L39 1NQ) in the last 12 months was 96.8 per 1,000 residents and was 11.7% higher than the Ormskirk East average (86.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pennington Avenue (L39 1NQ), the main crime hotspot is near Moor Street. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pennington Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clucas Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Railway Approach —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ormskirk Bus Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A570 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moor Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Moor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Moor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime The Stiles Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Stiles Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clucas Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Moor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
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Data Sources

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