# WN8

Postcode district covering Skelmersdale, Digmoor and Chapel House, in West Lancashire.

WN8 is a postcode district covering Skelmersdale, Digmoor and Chapel House, in West Lancashire. Median sale price £190,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code WN8. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [WN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £190,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WN8 was £190,000 in 2025. Joint 304th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn8#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 47,385** (2021). WN8 had 47,385 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 261st most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn8#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 85%** (2022). About 85% of people in WN8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn8#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 83.0%** (January 2026). In WN8, 83.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn8#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WN8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 85% of people in WN8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=WN8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 579 homes were sold in WN8 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=WN8) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for WN8.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WN8) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WN8 had 47,385 usual residents at the census.

## How WN8 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | WN8 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £190,000 | joint 2nd cheapest | 8 postcode districts, WN · 2025 |
| Population | 47,385 | 3rd most populated | 8 postcode districts, WN · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 85% | 3rd most people in radon Affected Areas | 8 postcode districts, WN · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 83.0% | lowest | 8 postcode districts, WN · Jan 2026 |

## 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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in WN8

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [West Lancashire 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025510) | 1,305 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.4% |
| [West Lancashire 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025511) | 1,113 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.0% |
| [West Lancashire 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025512) | 1,192 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.1% |
| [West Lancashire 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025506) | 2,025 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.6% |
| [West Lancashire 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025468) | 1,676 | 42.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| [West Lancashire 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025469) | 1,621 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 70.9% |
| [West Lancashire 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025470) | 1,879 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.3% |
| [West Lancashire 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025522) | 1,098 | 98.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.7% |
| [West Lancashire 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025471) | 1,493 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 75.7% |
| [West Lancashire 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025480) | 1,408 | 89.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| [West Lancashire 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025481) | 1,605 | 141.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| [West Lancashire 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025482) | 1,551 | 195.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.4% |
| [West Lancashire 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025520) | 1,210 | 52.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| [West Lancashire 010F](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025521) | 1,610 | 111.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.6% |
| [West Lancashire 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025523) | 1,706 | 67.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.4% |
| [West Lancashire 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025524) | 1,483 | 106.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 75.9% |
| [West Lancashire 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025525) | 1,636 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| [West Lancashire 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025526) | 1,590 | 120.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% |
| [West Lancashire 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025492) | 1,249 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.6% |
| [West Lancashire 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025527) | 1,473 | 77.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 72.8% |
| [West Lancashire 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025528) | 1,974 | 128.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.0% |
| [West Lancashire 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025529) | 1,887 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 68.4% |
| [West Lancashire 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025493) | 1,618 | 176.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 17.2% |
| [West Lancashire 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025494) | 1,740 | 106.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 55.8% |
| [West Lancashire 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025503) | 1,426 | 107.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 56.9% |
| [West Lancashire 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025504) | 1,147 | 141.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 40.9% |
| [West Lancashire 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025505) | 1,374 | 89.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 70.1% |
| [West Lancashire 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025534) | 1,724 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.4% |
| [West Lancashire 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025535) | 1,631 | 56.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 75.8% |
| [West Lancashire 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025536) | 1,452 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.3% |
| [West Lancashire 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025537) | 1,537 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.6% |
| [West Lancashire 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025540) | 1,226 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.8% |

## Your MP

- [West Lancashire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/west-lancashire): Ashley Dalton (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in WN8

[Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/parbold-appley-bridge-and-wrightington), [Skelmersdale Ashurst](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/skelmersdale-ashurst), [Skelmersdale Central](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/skelmersdale-central), [Skelmersdale East](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/skelmersdale-east), [Skelmersdale South East](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/skelmersdale-south-east), [Skelmersdale West](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/skelmersdale-west), [Upholland](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/upholland)

## Postcode sectors in WN8

[WN8 0 (140 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn8-0), [WN8 1 (12 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn8-1), [WN8 6 (256 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn8-6), [WN8 7 (126 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn8-7), [WN8 8 (211 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn8-8), [WN8 9 (183 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn8-9)

## Council

[West Lancashire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire)

## Towns in WN8

[Orrell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/orrell), [Skelmersdale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/skelmersdale)

## Postcode districts next to WN8

[L39](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l39), [L40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l40), [WA11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa11), [WN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn5), [WN6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn6)

## Nearest rail stations

[Upholland (2.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.7414,53.5284), [Appley Bridge (4.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.7193,53.5787), [Orrell (4.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.7088,53.5303), [Gathurst (4.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.6944,53.5594)

## More in the WN postcode area

[All WN postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 85% of people in WN8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WN8, 83.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: WN8
- Postcode area: [WN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn)
- Constituency: [West Lancashire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/west-lancashire)
- Council: [West Lancashire †](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire)
- Area: 50.58 km²
- People, mid-2024: 49,096*
- Neighbourhoods: 32
- Output areas: 153

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[L40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l40), [WN6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn6), [L39](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l39), [WN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn5), [WA11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa11)

## Latest updates for WN8

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/WN8

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn8, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn8#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn8