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Ormskirk

Ormskirk is a town in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 24,073. It has around 4 GP surgeries, 6 pharmacies, and around 48 restaurants and cafés, with 23 bus stops and Ormskirk railway station 0.9 km away. The average sold house price is around £336,948, and there were around 111 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ormskirk area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Lancashire area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 117,431 residents at roughly 339 people per km².

Council
West Lancashire
County
Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Police force
Lancashire
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 62nd of 294 English council areas — better than 79% of them.

Low crime92
Home affordability67
Affordable rents80
Good schools37
Life expectancy50
Low deprivation59
Employment62
Low council tax44

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

7°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 12% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:37

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

122 reported · August 2026▲ 18% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences40
  • Shoplifting26
  • Anti-social behaviour24
  • Criminal damage & arson14

Neighbourhood team: Ormskirk East · Lancashire

Local policing priorities

  • Business Crime, Anti-Social Behaviour, Off Road Bikes
  • Business Crime, ASB and Road Safety (Including off road bikes)

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

185 reported road collisions (2025)

67 killed or seriously injured · 254 casualties · 15.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

209 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 175 rated 4–5 ★ (145 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ormskirk (0.3 km)
  • 45 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ormskirk (0.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£240,850 average▲ 5.6% YoY

Across West Lancashire · to 2026-08

Detached£379,602
Semi-detached£235,020
Terraced£182,007
Flat£124,672

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£805 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £588
  • 2 bed £731
  • 3 bed £845

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (6.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,476 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (9.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

25 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Moor Street Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches44
  • Playgrounds23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

117,431 residents in West Lancashire · 339/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,994
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,457
  • Net moves+1,537

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 176 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,456 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (28% of 52,760)

A £1,637
B £1,910
C £2,183
D £2,456
E £3,002
F £3,548
G £4,094
H £4,912

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

73 schools · 16,020 pupils

55 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 23 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

68 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Burscough Priory AcademyGood
  • Lathom High School : A Technology CollegeGood
  • Ormskirk School
  • St Bede's Catholic High School
  • Tarleton Academy
  • Up Holland High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Lancashire

Care & health services

1,255 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes424
  • GP practices184
  • Dentists248
  • Homecare agencies288
  • Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lancashire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 56 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

154 applications decided

85.1% granted · 131 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Ashley Dalton

Labour

West Lancashire

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 13
  • Con 12
  • Ref 7
  • Oth 13

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics5
  • Pharmacies6
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens129
  • Restaurants & cafés50

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

159 jobs advertised · £39,647 avg

e.g. Sen Teaching Assistant, Semi Skilled Production Operative, Independent Prescriber (Clinical Pharmacist)

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£788 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,532 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,300 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

77% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 48% · Wind 25% · Imports 13% · Gas 11%

48 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lancashire): 60.3 women · 59.3 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in L39

  • Ormskirk Medical Practice
  • Parkgate Surgery
  • The Elms Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Lancashire:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Ormskirk bus station · 0.1 km

    Ormskirk bus station is a bus station in Ormskirk, England.

  • Ormskirk Grammar School · 0.3 km

    Ormskirk Grammar School was a school in Ormskirk, West Lancashire, England.

  • Ormskirk railway station · 0.3 km

    Ormskirk railway station in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, is a cross-platform interchange between Merseyrail services from Liverpool Central and Northern Trains services from Preston on the Ormskirk branch line, 12+3…

  • Old Town Hall, Ormskirk · 0.3 km

    The Old Town Hall is a former municipal building at 2 Church Street in Ormskirk, a town in Lancashire, England. The building, which was the meeting place of the court leet, has since been converted for retail use. It…

  • Ormskirk · 0.3 km

    Ormskirk is a market town in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. It is located approximately 13 miles northeast of Liverpool and forms part of the wider Liverpool urban and commuting area. Ormskirk is…

  • Battle of Ormskirk · 0.3 km

    The Battle of Ormskirk was fought on 20 August 1644 during the First English Civil War. It was a decisive victory for the Parliamentarian force commanded by Major-General Sir John Meldrum over the Royalist force comma…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Ormskirk?
Ormskirk is a town in Lancashire, England, in the West Lancashire local authority.
What is the population of Ormskirk?
Ormskirk has an approximate settlement population of 24,073.
How deprived is Ormskirk?
The West Lancashire local authority, which includes Ormskirk, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.