Total Crime Rate
125.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Radcliffe Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in St Helens , and the 247th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Radcliffe Road (S71 3DX) in the last 12 months was 125.4 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Radcliffe Road (S71 3DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kirkby Avenue, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rufford Avenue (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Helens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ollerton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mansfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rufford Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rufford Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mansfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mansfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rufford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mansfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mansfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Arnold Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ollerton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rufford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rufford Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edwins Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rufford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkby Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beeston Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beeston Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rufford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clipstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Edwins Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edwins Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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