Total Crime Rate

75.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 75.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.0 5/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
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

Ormskirk Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Up Holland , and the 113th highest crime rate of 328 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 Ormskirk Road (WN8 0AL) in the last 12 months was 75.5 per 1,000 residents and was 20.4% higher than the Up Holland average (62.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ormskirk Road (WN8 0AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Carlton Avenue, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mayfield Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ormskirk Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Delamere Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carlton Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millgreen Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Millgreen Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Millgreen Close —
Sep 2025Robbery Mayfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Delamere Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parsonage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carlton Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanley Road —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Stanley Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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