Postcode · Skelmersdale
Crime in WN8 8BB
How much crime is recorded in WN8 8BB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Skelmersdale West
- Council
- West Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,689 (2024)
WN8 8BBSkelmersdale
How safe is WN8 8BB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WN8 8BB area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
19.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
36
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
WN8 8BBNational
Violence and sexual offences16.223.6
Anti-social behaviour7.210.7
Burglary4.59.1
Public order2.14.6
Criminal damage and arson2.04.7
Other theft1.94.5
Vehicle crime1.53.5
Other crime1.51.5
Drugs0.82.4
Shoplifting0.78.4
Robbery0.31.4
Theft from the person0.32.1
Bicycle theft0.01.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.