Burscough Town
WardThe middle of the West Lancashire. About 7,154 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 5% of people in Burscough Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Burscough Town compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Burscough Town safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Burscough Town at a rate of 74.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.0 per 1,000 people across West Lancashire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 34 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Burscough Town.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (167), anti-social behaviour (107) and other crime (82).
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.
Figures for the whole of West Lancashire
These figures are published for the whole of West Lancashire, not for each ward, so they describe all of West Lancashire and not Burscough Town alone. See West Lancashire
Burscough Town in brief
Burscough Town had 6,576 usual residents at the census.
About 5% of people in Burscough Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Burscough Town, 95.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Burscough Town, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.