Crime Rates at Stafford Street, Skelmersdale, WN8 8JA

Stafford Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Old Skelmersdale , and the 89th 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 Stafford Street (WN8 8JA) in the last 12 months was 82.8 per 1,000 residents and was 13.1% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stafford Street (WN8 8JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Uppingham, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clayton Mews (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.