Total Crime Rate

98.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.7 5/10
  • Burglary 10.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Amersham area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Skelmersdale South , and the 78th highest crime rate of 328 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 Amersham (WN8 9JW) in the last 12 months was 98.3 per 1,000 residents and was 11.6% lower than the Skelmersdale South average (111.2 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 Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Amersham (WN8 9JW), the main crime hotspot is near Abbeywood. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Amersham area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scarth Park —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Spencers Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Abbeystead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Abbeystead Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Daniels Lane —
Sep 2025Drugs Abbeywood Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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