WN8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Skelmersdale, Digmoor and Chapel House, in West Lancashire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an WN8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WN8, 83.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WN8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WN8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WN8 at a rate of 82.1 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 341 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WN8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,639), anti-social behaviour (723) and other crime (669).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WN8 was 94.0 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in WN8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WN8 has no single figure. Of its 32 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WN8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Lancashire 005A | 1,305 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.4% |
| West Lancashire 005B | 1,113 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.0% |
| West Lancashire 005C | 1,192 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.1% |
| West Lancashire 008C | 2,025 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.6% |
| West Lancashire 009A | 1,676 | 42.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| West Lancashire 009B | 1,621 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 70.9% |
| West Lancashire 009C | 1,879 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.3% |
| West Lancashire 009D | 1,098 | 98.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.7% |
| West Lancashire 010A | 1,493 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 75.7% |
| West Lancashire 010B | 1,408 | 89.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| West Lancashire 010C | 1,605 | 141.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| West Lancashire 010D | 1,551 | 195.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.4% |
| West Lancashire 010E | 1,210 | 52.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| West Lancashire 010F | 1,610 | 111.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.6% |
| West Lancashire 011A | 1,706 | 67.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.4% |
| West Lancashire 011B | 1,483 | 106.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 75.9% |
| West Lancashire 011C | 1,636 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| West Lancashire 011D | 1,590 | 120.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% |
| West Lancashire 013A | 1,249 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.6% |
| West Lancashire 013B | 1,473 | 77.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 72.8% |
| West Lancashire 013C | 1,974 | 128.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.0% |
| West Lancashire 013D | 1,887 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 68.4% |
| West Lancashire 014A | 1,618 | 176.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 17.2% |
| West Lancashire 014B | 1,740 | 106.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 55.8% |
| West Lancashire 014C | 1,426 | 107.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 56.9% |
| West Lancashire 014D | 1,147 | 141.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 40.9% |
| West Lancashire 014E | 1,374 | 89.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 70.1% |
| West Lancashire 015A | 1,724 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.4% |
| West Lancashire 015B | 1,631 | 56.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 75.8% |
| West Lancashire 015C | 1,452 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.3% |
| West Lancashire 015D | 1,537 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.6% |
| West Lancashire 015E | 1,226 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.8% |
Your MP
- Ashley DaltonLabourMP for West Lancashire
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
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WN8 in brief
WN8 is a postcode district covering Skelmersdale, Digmoor and Chapel House, in West Lancashire.
About 49,096 people lived in WN8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £190,000 in 2025 across 579 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WN8 was £190,000 in 2025.
WN8 had 47,385 usual residents at the census.
In WN8, 83.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WN8, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.