Total Crime Rate

181.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

79.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 181.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 90.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 79.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.1 9/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whittle Drive area has the highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Aughton & Holborn , and the 24th highest crime rate of 323 local areas in West Lancashire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whittle Drive (L39 1PU) in the last 12 months was 181.2 per 1,000 residents and was 696.7% higher than the Aughton & Holborn average (22.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 79.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whittle Drive (L39 1PU), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Whittle Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carroll Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whittle Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sturgess Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sturgess Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sturgess Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parker Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Carroll Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carroll Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Parker Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scott Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Scott Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whittle Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scott Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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