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Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre

Ward

The south east of the West Lancashire. About 10,018 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 80% of people in Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,682
Joint 2,596th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
80%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
85.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town CentreMiddle
Population15 wards, West Lancashire · 2021
Population: every ward in West Lancashire15 areas from 6,305 to 9,682. The middle area is 7,716. Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre is 9,682.
9,682most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares15 wards, West Lancashire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in West Lancashire15 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 9.0%. Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre is 80.0%.
80%5th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage15 wards, West Lancashire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in West Lancashire15 areas from 55.7% to 97.2%. The middle area is 88.9%. Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre is 85.2%.
85.2%4th lowest
Claimant rate15 wards, West Lancashire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in West Lancashire15 areas from 1.2% to 5.9%. The middle area is 2.2%. Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre is 5.5%.
5.5%2nd highest

Is Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre at a rate of 116.3 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, 86 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (390), anti-social behaviour (194) and other crime (164).

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 Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre alone. See West Lancashire

Average house price
£240,850
Up 5.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,102
163rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.3×
Joint 114th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
18.3
138th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre in brief

Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre had 9,682 usual residents at the census.

About 80% of people in Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre, 85.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre, 5.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.