Safest towns in North West

Towns in North West ranked from the lowest recorded crime rate, the 12 months to July 2026.

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Ranked by crime per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to July 2026. The England and Wales rate was 96.4; the index column compares each area with it (1.00 = national rate). Rates for city and town centres are inflated by visitors and commuters, who are not counted in the resident population.

Rank	Area	In	Crimes	Per 1,000	Index
1	Bailrigg	Lancaster	133	25.9	0.27
2	Greasby	Wirral	258	27.3	0.28
3	Holmes Chapel	Cheshire East	199	28.7	0.30
4	Longton	South Ribble	363	31.7	0.33
5	Heswall	Wirral	994	33.9	0.35
6	Seaton (Allerdale)	Cumberland	183	34.9	0.36
7	Poynton	Cheshire East	483	35.8	0.37
8	Rainford	St. Helens	193	35.9	0.37
9	Helsby	Cheshire West and Chester	195	36.1	0.38
10	Cuddington (Cheshire West and Chester)	Cheshire West and Chester	194	36.4	0.38
11	Lydiate	Sefton	305	36.6	0.38
12	Bolton-le-Sands	Lancaster	264	36.7	0.38
13	Billinge	St. Helens	219	36.8	0.38
14	Tarleton and Hesketh Bank	West Lancashire	350	37.2	0.39
15	Davenham	Cheshire West and Chester	584	38.1	0.40
16	Bollington	Cheshire East	305	38.2	0.40
17	Weaverham	Cheshire West and Chester	260	39.4	0.41
18	Elworth	Cheshire East	317	39.6	0.41
19	Hartford	Cheshire West and Chester	265	40.0	0.41
20	Rudheath	Cheshire West and Chester	227	41.6	0.43
21	Lymm	Warrington	566	43.6	0.45
22	Shavington	Cheshire East	288	43.8	0.46
23	Banks	West Lancashire	226	44.1	0.46
24	West Kirby	Wirral	627	46.3	0.48
25	Cockermouth	Cumberland	399	46.5	0.48
26	Barnton	Cheshire West and Chester	269	46.9	0.49
27	Culcheth	Warrington	285	47.9	0.50
28	Knutsford	Cheshire East	660	48.1	0.50
29	Wilmslow	Cheshire East	1,280	48.4	0.50
30	Ormskirk	West Lancashire	1,494	49.0	0.51
31	Maghull	Sefton	978	50.0	0.52
32	Formby	Sefton	1,155	50.7	0.53
33	Neston (Cheshire West and Chester)	Cheshire West and Chester	744	51.0	0.53
34	Euxton	Chorley	869	51.8	0.54
35	Millom	Cumberland	293	52.4	0.54
36	Barnoldswick	Pendle	588	52.7	0.55
37	Garstang	Wyre	367	53.9	0.56
38	Cottam (Preston)	Preston	528	54.6	0.57
39	Bebington	Wirral	3,138	55.2	0.57
40	Coppull	Chorley	459	55.4	0.58
41	Frodsham	Cheshire West and Chester	515	55.9	0.58
42	Hoylake	Wirral	347	57.0	0.59
43	Warton (Fylde)	Fylde	339	58.5	0.61
44	Alsager	Cheshire East	949	58.7	0.61
45	Adlington (Chorley)	Chorley	601	59.2	0.61
46	Clitheroe	Ribble Valley	1,121	59.7	0.62
47	Barrowford	Pendle	437	64.1	0.67
48	Penwortham	South Ribble	1,161	64.5	0.67
49	Longridge (Ribble Valley)	Ribble Valley	630	66.4	0.69
50	Poulton-le-Fylde	Wyre	811	67.4	0.70
51	Sandbach	Cheshire East	893	67.7	0.70
52	Windermere	Westmorland and Furness	390	68.9	0.71
53	Wigton	Cumberland	428	69.0	0.72
54	Thornton (Wyre)	Wyre	1,371	69.2	0.72
55	Congleton	Cheshire East	2,329	70.1	0.73
56	Carnforth	Lancaster	392	71.1	0.74
57	Crosby (Sefton)	Sefton	3,745	72.5	0.75
58	Ulverston	Westmorland and Furness	767	73.2	0.76
59	Haslingden	Rossendale	1,231	73.5	0.76
60	Burscough	West Lancashire	755	73.6	0.76
61	Dalton-in-Furness	Westmorland and Furness	543	74.2	0.77
62	Haydock	St. Helens	1,096	75.4	0.78
63	Middlewich	Cheshire East	1,117	76.4	0.79
64	Fulwood	Preston	2,679	77.9	0.81
65	Lytham St Anne's	Fylde	3,420	78.1	0.81
66	Rawtenstall	Rossendale	1,658	80.0	0.83
67	Kendal	Westmorland and Furness	2,432	80.3	0.83
68	Wallasey	Wirral	7,028	80.5	0.84
69	Nantwich	Cheshire East	1,679	80.5	0.84
70	Southport	Sefton	7,654	80.6	0.84
71	Newton-le-Willows	St. Helens	2,145	81.2	0.84
72	Heysham	Lancaster	1,206	81.3	0.84
73	Warrington	Warrington	13,902	82.1	0.85
74	Huyton with Roby	Knowsley	5,065	82.4	0.86
75	Kirkham	Fylde	679	82.5	0.86
76	Winsford	Cheshire West and Chester	3,032	85.6	0.89
77	Macclesfield	Cheshire East	4,744	85.9	0.89
78	Runcorn	Halton	5,247	87.7	0.91
79	Aintree	Sefton	595	89.5	0.93
80	Widnes	Halton	5,501	89.7	0.93
81	Penrith	Westmorland and Furness	1,626	89.8	0.93
82	Bamber Bridge	South Ribble	3,834	92.1	0.96
83	Leyland	South Ribble	3,760	92.3	0.96
84	Ellesmere Port	Cheshire West and Chester	6,438	92.6	0.96
85	Rishton	Hyndburn	662	94.4	0.98
86	Whitehaven	Cumberland	2,262	95.4	0.99
87	Great Harwood	Hyndburn	1,101	96.0	1.00
88	Cleveleys	Wyre	1,219	96.9	1.01
89	Skelmersdale	West Lancashire	3,420	96.9	1.01
90	Brierfield	Pendle	1,222	98.0	1.02
91	Whitworth	Rossendale	629	99.5	1.03
92	Prescot	Knowsley	4,129	100.9	1.05
93	Kirkby	Knowsley	4,592	100.9	1.05
94	Chester	Cheshire West and Chester	9,554	103.1	1.07
95	Northwich	Cheshire West and Chester	1,996	104.1	1.08
96	Litherland	Sefton	1,764	104.3	1.08
97	Darwen	Blackburn with Darwen	3,076	104.9	1.09
98	Crewe	Cheshire East	8,102	106.1	1.10
99	Maryport	Cumberland	896	108.4	1.13
100	Nelson (Pendle)	Pendle	3,946	109.7	1.14
101	Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen)	Blackburn with Darwen	14,478	114.1	1.18
102	Barrow-in-Furness	Westmorland and Furness	6,100	114.4	1.19
103	Clayton-le-Moors	Hyndburn	1,153	115.1	1.19
104	Birkenhead	Wirral	13,317	116.3	1.21
105	Bacup	Rossendale	1,735	116.6	1.21
106	Lancaster	Lancaster	5,628	116.7	1.21
107	Chorley	Chorley	4,885	117.3	1.22
108	Carlisle	Cumberland	9,352	117.8	1.22
109	St Helens (St. Helens)	St. Helens	12,189	119.1	1.24
110	Fleetwood	Wyre	3,066	122.8	1.27
111	Oswaldtwistle	Hyndburn	1,120	122.8	1.27
112	Colne	Pendle	2,565	126.9	1.32
113	Bootle (Sefton)	Sefton	7,504	131.2	1.36
114	Liverpool	Liverpool	70,579	133.9	1.39
115	Workington	Cumberland	3,050	134.2	1.39
116	Padiham	Burnley	1,549	139.7	1.45
117	Morecambe	Lancaster	4,629	144.5	1.50
118	Burnley	Burnley	12,326	147.0	1.53
119	Accrington	Hyndburn	5,517	150.8	1.57
120	Preston (Preston)	Preston	15,987	161.4	1.67
121	Blackpool	Blackpool	27,786	180.3	1.87

Recorded crime depends on reporting and recording as well as on offending, so small differences between areas should not be over-read. See the methodology.

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