Total Crime Rate

222.2 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 222.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.2 9/10
  • Drugs 19.6 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 16.3 10/10
  • Burglary 13.1 9/10
  • Other crime 13.1 10/10
  • Other theft 9.8 8/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 7th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Skelmersdale South , and the 20th 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 Ormskirk Road (WN8 9AN) in the last 12 months was 222.2 per 1,000 residents and was 99.8% higher than the Skelmersdale South average (111.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 114.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ormskirk Road (WN8 9AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beechtrees Mews, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Egerton (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ormskirk Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fir Tree Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechtrees Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechtrees Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beechtrees Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Egerton Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Egerton Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Newlyn Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitstone Drive —
Sep 2025Drugs Whitstone Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Egerton —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechtrees Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Egerton —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Egerton —
Sep 2025Burglary Blakehall Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Blakehall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tanhouse Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Caister Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Caister Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakehall Under investigation

Data Sources

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