Total Crime Rate

180.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 180.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 16.1 6/10
  • Other crime 13.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.8 10/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Station Road area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in North Meols & Hesketh Bank , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 328 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 Station Road (PR4 6SN) in the last 12 months was 180.1 per 1,000 residents and was 280.4% higher than the North Meols & Hesketh Bank average (47.4 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 Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 69.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Station Road (PR4 6SN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Station Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brick Kiln Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenways —
Sep 2025Drugs The Stables Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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