4,345
Households
White Brit. · 91%
Ethnicity
Christian · 59%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
49 · 5.0 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£132,250
Median property price
164
Postcodes
Overview of Old Skelmersdale
Coordinates53.5507, -2.7978
Postcodes
164
Population (Census)
9,792
Households (Census)
4,345
Recorded crime · May '26
49 · 5.0 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Old Skelmersdale
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.40 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.40 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Old Skelmersdale
Property sales · Old Skelmersdale
HM Land Registry · Old Skelmersdale
Average price
£145,148
YoY: +6.2%
Median price: £126,167
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 2 sales · avg £205,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£205k£158k£110k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Police Recorded Crime in Old Skelmersdale
Crime trends · Old Skelmersdale
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
292214
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
20
YoY -13%
ASB
28163
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
8
YoY -33%
Vehicle Crime
530
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
3
YoY stable
Burglary
740
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY stable
Criminal damage
1260
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
10
YoY +233%
Demographics in Old Skelmersdale
Ethnicity
White Brit.91.4%
Other White5.1%
+ other · 3.5%
Religion
Christian59.3%
No religion33.7%
Not answered5.6%
+ other · 1.4%
Age groups
50–6420.7%
35–4918.3%
25–3411.9%
65–7410.4%
75–847.3%
+ 6 other age groups · 31.4%
Households
Other19.8%
Any member 66+15.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children9.3%
Lone parent family: With dependent children9.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.8%
+ 8 other households · 37.9%
Schools in Old Skelmersdale
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Kingsbury Primary Special School
Lancashire · WN8 8EH
Outstanding
0.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
Crow Orchard Primary School
Lancashire · WN8 8QG
Good
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
Lancashire · WN8 8NP
Good
0.4 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School
Lancashire · WN8 8PW
Good
0.1 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
West Lancashire Community High School
Lancashire · WN8 8EH
Good
0.2 mi
Secondary with sixth formStateMixed · Ages 11–19
Brookfield Park Primary School
Lancashire · WN8 8EH
Requires improvement
0.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
Lancashire · WN8 8LQ
Not judged
0.4 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Old Skelmersdale
Postcodes in Old Skelmersdale
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