Total Crime Rate

116.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 116.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.8 9/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Public order 2.8 2/10
  • Robbery 2.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lindhurst Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in St Helens , and the 280th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lindhurst Road (S71 3DF) in the last 12 months was 116.2 per 1,000 residents and was 18.8% lower than the St Helens average (143.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 45.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lindhurst Road (S71 3DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mansfield Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Forest Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lindhurst Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edwins Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ollerton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ollerton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Arnold Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clipstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Edwins Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edwins Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxton Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beeston Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Radcliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mansfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mansfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mansfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mansfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mansfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mansfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mansfield Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beeston Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Laxton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laxton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Laxton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Laxton Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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