Safest towns in North West

Towns in North West ranked from the lowest recorded crime rate, the 12 months to August 2026. Greasby ranks first with 24.3 per 1,000 residents and Blackpool ranks 121st with 176.9, against 96.7 for England and Wales.

Ranked by crime per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to August 2026. The England and Wales rate was 96.7; the index column compares each area with it (1.00 = national rate). How rates are worked out: methodology.

Rank	Area	In	Crimes	Per 1,000	Index
1	Greasby	Wirral	229	24.3	0.25
2	Bailrigg	Lancaster	140	27.3	0.28
3	Holmes Chapel	Cheshire East	203	29.3	0.30
4	Longton	South Ribble	365	31.9	0.33
5	Heswall	Wirral	1,000	34.1	0.35
6	Rainford	St. Helens	185	34.4	0.36
7	Tarleton and Hesketh Bank	West Lancashire	330	35.1	0.36
8	Seaton (Allerdale)	Cumberland	186	35.5	0.37
9	Lydiate	Sefton	299	35.9	0.37
10	Poynton	Cheshire East	484	35.9	0.37
11	Helsby	Cheshire West and Chester	198	36.7	0.38
12	Bolton-le-Sands	Lancaster	266	37.0	0.38
13	Billinge	St. Helens	221	37.2	0.38
14	Elworth	Cheshire East	301	37.6	0.39
15	Cuddington (Cheshire West and Chester)	Cheshire West and Chester	201	37.7	0.39
16	Weaverham	Cheshire West and Chester	251	38.0	0.39
17	Bollington	Cheshire East	307	38.4	0.40
18	Hartford	Cheshire West and Chester	256	38.6	0.40
19	Davenham	Cheshire West and Chester	598	39.0	0.40
20	Rudheath	Cheshire West and Chester	224	41.1	0.43
21	Shavington	Cheshire East	279	42.5	0.44
22	Banks	West Lancashire	218	42.6	0.44
23	Lymm	Warrington	580	44.7	0.46
24	Knutsford	Cheshire East	652	47.5	0.49
25	Barnton	Cheshire West and Chester	273	47.6	0.49
26	Cockermouth	Cumberland	408	47.6	0.49
27	Wilmslow	Cheshire East	1,266	47.9	0.50
28	Culcheth	Warrington	288	48.4	0.50
29	West Kirby	Wirral	655	48.4	0.50
30	Maghull	Sefton	973	49.7	0.51
31	Ormskirk	West Lancashire	1,518	49.8	0.52
32	Millom	Cumberland	279	49.9	0.52
33	Formby	Sefton	1,144	50.3	0.52
34	Euxton	Chorley	845	50.4	0.52
35	Garstang	Wyre	348	51.1	0.53
36	Neston (Cheshire West and Chester)	Cheshire West and Chester	755	51.7	0.54
37	Barnoldswick	Pendle	580	52.0	0.54
38	Cottam (Preston)	Preston	509	52.7	0.54
39	Hoylake	Wirral	329	54.1	0.56
40	Frodsham	Cheshire West and Chester	503	54.6	0.57
41	Bebington	Wirral	3,128	55.0	0.57
42	Coppull	Chorley	470	56.8	0.59
43	Alsager	Cheshire East	928	57.4	0.59
44	Clitheroe	Ribble Valley	1,112	59.2	0.61
45	Warton (Fylde)	Fylde	344	59.4	0.61
46	Penwortham	South Ribble	1,130	62.8	0.65
47	Adlington (Chorley)	Chorley	653	64.3	0.67
48	Windermere	Westmorland and Furness	373	65.9	0.68
49	Barrowford	Pendle	451	66.1	0.68
50	Longridge (Ribble Valley)	Ribble Valley	630	66.4	0.69
51	Poulton-le-Fylde	Wyre	812	67.5	0.70
52	Wigton	Cumberland	421	67.9	0.70
53	Sandbach	Cheshire East	899	68.1	0.70
54	Thornton (Wyre)	Wyre	1,371	69.2	0.72
55	Congleton	Cheshire East	2,345	70.6	0.73
56	Carnforth	Lancaster	396	71.8	0.74
57	Ulverston	Westmorland and Furness	756	72.2	0.75
58	Burscough	West Lancashire	744	72.5	0.75
59	Crosby (Sefton)	Sefton	3,778	73.1	0.76
60	Haslingden	Rossendale	1,234	73.7	0.76
61	Haydock	St. Helens	1,080	74.3	0.77
62	Lytham St Anne's	Fylde	3,302	75.4	0.78
63	Dalton-in-Furness	Westmorland and Furness	560	76.5	0.79
64	Middlewich	Cheshire East	1,122	76.8	0.79
65	Fulwood	Preston	2,656	77.2	0.80
66	Rawtenstall	Rossendale	1,613	77.8	0.81
67	Nantwich	Cheshire East	1,655	79.3	0.82
68	Newton-le-Willows	St. Helens	2,096	79.4	0.82
69	Wallasey	Wirral	6,953	79.6	0.82
70	Southport	Sefton	7,588	80.0	0.83
71	Kendal	Westmorland and Furness	2,425	80.1	0.83
72	Heysham	Lancaster	1,189	80.1	0.83
73	Warrington	Warrington	13,695	80.9	0.84
74	Huyton with Roby	Knowsley	5,057	82.3	0.85
75	Kirkham	Fylde	683	83.0	0.86
76	Macclesfield	Cheshire East	4,754	86.1	0.89
77	Winsford	Cheshire West and Chester	3,082	87.1	0.90
78	Penrith	Westmorland and Furness	1,583	87.4	0.90
79	Runcorn	Halton	5,298	88.5	0.92
80	Widnes	Halton	5,487	89.5	0.93
81	Leyland	South Ribble	3,668	90.0	0.93
82	Rishton	Hyndburn	638	91.0	0.94
83	Bamber Bridge	South Ribble	3,825	91.9	0.95
84	Aintree	Sefton	612	92.1	0.95
85	Great Harwood	Hyndburn	1,062	92.6	0.96
86	Ellesmere Port	Cheshire West and Chester	6,493	93.4	0.97
87	Skelmersdale	West Lancashire	3,405	96.4	1.00
88	Brierfield	Pendle	1,205	96.6	1.00
89	Cleveleys	Wyre	1,221	97.0	1.00
90	Whitehaven	Cumberland	2,317	97.7	1.01
91	Whitworth	Rossendale	624	98.7	1.02
92	Prescot	Knowsley	4,093	100.0	1.04
93	Kirkby	Knowsley	4,602	101.2	1.05
94	Darwen	Blackburn with Darwen	3,013	102.7	1.06
95	Litherland	Sefton	1,739	102.9	1.06
96	Chester	Cheshire West and Chester	9,531	102.9	1.06
97	Maryport	Cumberland	863	104.4	1.08
98	Crewe	Cheshire East	8,050	105.4	1.09
99	Northwich	Cheshire West and Chester	2,035	106.1	1.10
100	Nelson (Pendle)	Pendle	3,882	107.9	1.12
101	Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen)	Blackburn with Darwen	14,354	113.1	1.17
102	Barrow-in-Furness	Westmorland and Furness	6,044	113.4	1.17
103	Clayton-le-Moors	Hyndburn	1,139	113.7	1.18
104	Bacup	Rossendale	1,705	114.5	1.19
105	Birkenhead	Wirral	13,212	115.4	1.19
106	Chorley	Chorley	4,805	115.4	1.19
107	Lancaster	Lancaster	5,614	116.4	1.20
108	Carlisle	Cumberland	9,447	119.0	1.23
109	St Helens (St. Helens)	St. Helens	12,250	119.7	1.24
110	Fleetwood	Wyre	3,004	120.3	1.24
111	Oswaldtwistle	Hyndburn	1,109	121.6	1.26
112	Colne	Pendle	2,469	122.1	1.26
113	Bootle (Sefton)	Sefton	7,572	132.4	1.37
114	Liverpool	Liverpool	70,503	133.7	1.38
115	Workington	Cumberland	3,081	135.5	1.40
116	Padiham	Burnley	1,527	137.7	1.42
117	Morecambe	Lancaster	4,511	140.9	1.46
118	Burnley	Burnley	12,274	146.3	1.51
119	Accrington	Hyndburn	5,483	149.9	1.55
120	Preston (Preston)	Preston	15,909	160.6	1.66
121	Blackpool	Blackpool	27,268	176.9	1.83

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