Crime Rates at Abbeywood, Skelmersdale, WN8 9LR

Abbeywood area has the 5th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Skelmersdale South , and the 14th 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 Abbeywood (WN8 9LR) in the last 12 months was 266.0 per 1,000 residents and was 139.1% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 166.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 133.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abbeywood (WN8 9LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abbeywood, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Digmoor Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.