Total Crime Rate
41.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Parker Crescent area has the 15th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Aughton & Holborn , and the 143rd lowest crime rate of 323 local areas in West Lancashire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Parker Crescent (L39 1PL) in the last 12 months was 41.1 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% higher than the Aughton & Holborn average (22.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parker Crescent (L39 1PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whittle Drive, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Scott Drive (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ormskirk West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturgess Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturgess Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Scott Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sephton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sephton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sephton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturgess Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parker Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parker Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittle Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Carroll Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carroll Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carroll Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croftson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Croftson Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittle Drive | Under investigation |
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