Total Crime Rate

266.0 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 266.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 101.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 61.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.6 10/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Burglary 16.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.3 9/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.0 9/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Abbeystead 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 Abbeystead (WN8 9NE) 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 Abbeystead (WN8 9NE), 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 Abbeystead area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Abbeystead Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Abbeystead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Abbeywood Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Daniels Lane —
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Data Sources

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