Rural South
WardThe south of the West Lancashire. About 9,082 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 54 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 34% of people in Rural South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Rural South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Rural South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rural South at a rate of 26.5 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, 16 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rural South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (39), anti-social behaviour (28) and criminal damage and arson (17).
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 Rural South alone. See West Lancashire
Rural South in brief
Rural South had 8,911 usual residents at the census.
About 34% of people in Rural South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Rural South, 85.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Rural South, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.