Total Crime Rate

20.2 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 20.2 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Yew Tree Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Aughton & Holborn , and the 52nd lowest 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 Yew Tree Road (L39 1NS) in the last 12 months was 20.2 per 1,000 residents and was 23.7% lower than the Aughton & Holborn average (26.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yew Tree Road (L39 1NS), the main crime hotspot is near Scott Drive. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Yew Tree Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sturgess Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Sturgess Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sturgess Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Croftson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scott Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scott Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lonsdale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lea Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clucas Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clucas Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sturgess Close —
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Data Sources

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