Total Crime Rate

115.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

59.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 115.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 59.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.8 8/10
  • Other theft 22.4 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.2 6/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Yewdale area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Old Skelmersdale , and the 58th highest crime rate of 323 local areas in West Lancashire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Yewdale (WN8 6EP) in the last 12 months was 115.7 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% higher than the Old Skelmersdale average (95.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 59.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yewdale (WN8 6EP), the main crime hotspot is near Yewdale. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Yewdale area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Yewdale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Yewdale Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Yewdale Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Yewdale Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Yewdale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Yewdale Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Yewdale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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