Total Crime Rate

99.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.3 5/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Woodlands Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Ormskirk East , and the 76th highest crime rate of 328 local areas in West Lancashire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Woodlands Close (L39 4XD) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 14.6% higher than the Ormskirk East average (86.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -87.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 75.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -65.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodlands Close (L39 4XD), the main crime hotspot is near Dicconson Way. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Woodlands Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dicconson Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dicconson Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dicconson Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dicconson Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dicconson Way —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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