3,082
Households
White Brit. · 96%
Ethnicity
Christian · 66%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
20 · 2.8 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£311,290
Median property price
243
Postcodes
Overview of Rural West
Coordinates53.5941, -2.9548
Postcodes
243
Population (Census)
7,194
Households (Census)
3,082
Recorded crime · May '26
20 · 2.8 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Rural West
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.76 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.76 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Rural West
Property sales · Rural West
HM Land Registry · Rural West
Average price
£371,548
YoY: +3.7%
Median price: £356,667
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
May '24 – Apr '26Apr '26: 2 sales · avg £269,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£618k£444k£269k
May '24Nov '24May '25Nov '25Apr '26
Transactions are hidden by default.
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 Rural West
Crime trends · Rural West
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
19113
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
11
YoY stable
ASB
1691
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
6
YoY -50%
Vehicle Crime
320
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY +100%
Burglary
420
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY +100%
Criminal damage
630
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY -100%
Demographics in Rural West
Ethnicity
White Brit.95.6%
Other White1.1%
+ other · 3.4%
Religion
Christian65.7%
No religion27.5%
Not answered5.3%
+ other · 1.4%
Age groups
50–6426.0%
65–7415.5%
35–4914.7%
25–349.4%
75–849.2%
+ 6 other age groups · 25.2%
Households
All members 66+15.0%
Any member 66+14.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children14.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children12.8%
Other10.7%
+ 7 other households · 32.6%
Schools in Rural West
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Halsall St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School
Lancashire · L39 8RR
Outstanding
0.9 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Downholland-Haskayne Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School
Lancashire · L39 7HX
Good
2.8 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary School
Lancashire · L40 9RE
Good
1.6 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Scarisbrick
Lancashire · L40 9QE
Requires improvement
1.9 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Pinfold Primary School
Lancashire · L40 8HR
1.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
Scarisbrick Hall School
Lancashire · L40 9RQ
1.6 mi
All-throughIndependentMixed · Ages 0–18
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Rural West
Postcodes in Rural West
L31 4ETL31 4EUL31 4EXL31 4HSL31 4HXL31 4HYL31 4HZL31 4LFL31 4LSL31 4LTL37 0AAL37 5AAL37 5ABL37 5ADL37 5AEL37 5AFL37 5AGL37 5AHL37 5AJL37 5ALL37 5ANL37 5AQL37 9BAL37 9BBL37 9BEL37 9BGL37 9BQL39 7AAL39 7ABL39 7ADL39 7AEL39 7AFL39 7AHL39 7HNL39 7HRL39 7HSL39 7HTL39 7HUL39 7HWL39 7HXL39 7HYL39 7HZL39 7JAL39 7JBL39 7JDL39 7JEL39 7JFL39 7JGL39 7JHL39 7JJL39 7JLL39 7JNL39 7JPL39 7JRL39 7JSL39 7JTL39 7JUL39 7JWL39 7JXL39 7JYL39 7JZL39 7LAL39 7LDL39 7LPL39 7LSL39 8AAL39 8ABL39 8BBL39 8RBL39 8REL39 8RFL39 8RGL39 8RHL39 8RJL39 8RLL39 8RNL39 8RPL39 8RRL39 8RSL39 8RTL39 8RUL39 8RWL39 8RXL39 8RYL39 8RZL39 8SAL39 8SBL39 8SDL39 8SEL39 8SFL39 8SGL39 8SHL39 8SJL39 8SLL39 8SNL39 8SPL39 8SQL39 8SRL39 8SSL39 8STL39 8SUL39 8SWL39 8SXL39 8SYL39 8SZL39 8TBL39 8TFL39 8TLL39 8TNL39 8TQL40 1UGL40 8HAL40 8HBL40 8HDL40 8HFL40 8HGL40 8HHL40 8HJL40 8HLL40 8HN